: The monograph highlights the difference between Strategy (policy-level) and Operational Art (the link between tactics and strategy).
: Putnam concludes that MacArthur successfully used his tactical successes in New Guinea to argue that his personal objective (the Philippines) should be elevated to an essential part of the broader Allied strategy. Strategy, Operational Art and MacArthur in the ...
: The author argues that MacArthur used "operational art"—the linking of tactical actions in time, space, and purpose—not just to serve the national strategy, but to manipulate it. : The monograph highlights the difference between Strategy