Mission Command in the Age of Sail

Authors

Josh Weiss U.S. Navy

Number

8

Abstract

This article develops an analytical framework for mission command; proposes the full age of sail as an area for current military officers to mine for relevant lessons; and examines, through the mission-command lens, a case study from that era, involving a dispute between the British naval and land-force commanders in the Caribbean during the Hundred Days of Napoléon Bonaparte.

Recommended Citation

Weiss, Josh U.S. Navy (2022) "Mission Command in the Age of Sail," Naval War College Review: Vol. 75: No. 3, Article 8.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol75/iss3/8