text: Chapter 1
  Table 1-1. Principles of war
  Maneuver: Place the enemy in a position of disadvantage through the flexible application of combat power.
  Objective: Direct every military operation toward a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable goal.
  Offensive: Seize, retain, and exploit the initiative.
  Surprise: Strike at a time and place or in a manner for which the enemy is unprepared.
  Economy of force: Expend minimum-essential combat power on secondary efforts to allocate the maximum
  possible combat power on the main effort.
  Mass: Concentrate the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to produce decisive
  results.
  Unity of command: Ensure unity of effort under one responsible commander for every objective.
  Security: Prevent the enemy from achieving surprise or acquiring unexpected advantage.
  Simplicity: Increase the probability that plans can be executed as intended by preparing clear, uncomplicated
  plans and orders.
  CHARACTERISTICS OF WARFARE
  1-35. Warfare, the conduct and characteristics of war, is affected by changes in technology, national policy,
  operational concepts, public opinion, and many other factors. Warfare may retain similarities over time, but
  it inevitably also has great variations. Rapid advances in, and the proliferation of, air, space, and cyberspace
  capabilities with military applications are changing warfare. Space technology enables persistent overhead
  surveillance and global communications, navigation, timing, missile warning, and environmental monitoring.
  Cyberspace technology is integrated into most military capabilities, and it enables near-instantaneous
  communications and information sharing, creating both opportunities and vulnerabilities that can be
  exploited by both sides during competition, crisis, and conflict.
  METHODS OF WARFARE
  1-36. Although the nature and principles of war reflect the continuity of war, the conduct of warfare, like
  dynamic operational environments, reflects wide variation. Therefore, depending on the situation, strategic
  actors pursue their objectives in war through different methods of warfare. There are many different methods,
  but they generally fall into two broad categories: conventional and irregular. Each method of warfare serves
  the same strategic purpose—to defeat an enemy—but they take fundamentally different approaches to
  achieving their purpose. Both methods share one characteristic, which is that they involve the use of lethal
  force to achieve a political end. Warfare rarely fits neatly into any of these subjective categories, and it almost
  always entails a blend of both methods over the course of a conflict.
  Note. These broad categories describe the overall approaches to warfare. Other categories attempt
  to describe the dominant means used in a particular application, for example “information
  warfare,” “cyber warfare,” or “anti-submarine warfare,” In these cases, the terms “warfare,”
  “operations,” and “activities” are often used interchangeably.