"United States" . . "16 cases of mission command" . . . . . "Military history" . "Case studies" . "\"This collection of historical vignettes seeks to sharpen our understanding of mission command philosophy and practice by providing examples from the past in which mission command principles played a decisive role... Each historical account is complemented by an annotated explanation of how the six mission command principles shaped the action\"--Foreword." . . . . . "Sixteen cases of mission command" . . . .