APPSMO 2021 Distinguished Lecture by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman
Strategy and Command in an Age of Extreme Uncertainty
06 October 2021
This lecture considers the role of senior commanders in advising on the strategic direction of war, using examples from Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Instead of the old Huntington model, this lecture argues that a new relationship model is required, in which civilians need military advice on objectives, and the military must accept that civilians will have views on how objectives are realised.