Campaign Planning: The Search for Method.

The spectacular military success of Operation Desert Storm highlights the vital necessity of adequate campaign planning for victory in modern war. Campaign planning provides the blueprint for the successful practice of operational warfare. Since no current joint doctrine exists for the design of campaigns however, each of the CINCs uses a different method for campaign design. Only one service has issued detailed doctrinal guidance for campaign design. Fleet Marine Force Manual FMFM 1-1, Campaigning, seeks to establish the authoritative and doctrinal basis for military campaigning in the Marine Corps. It attempts to resolve for the Marine Corps a search for method in campaign planning that is not new to the art of war.