COMMAND AND CONTROL, THE ESSENCE OF MILITARY SYSTEM. ROMANIAN ARMY’S VISION – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
COMMAND AND CONTROL, THE ESSENCE OF MILITARY SYSTEM. ROMANIAN ARMY’S VISION – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Author(s): Niculai-Tudorel LEHACI, Radu PRIOTEASA
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Security and defense
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: command and control; leadership; vision; historical view;
Summary/Abstract: Throughout an army existence, given the objective factors such as geographical context or subjective ones such as the allegiance of its leaders to a system of beliefs or the general leadership style imposed through the rules and manuals, there is a constant struggle, natural for the human being, to impose one’s will upon many. The main factor driving these forces has been, on every occasion, either genuine leadership, sheer force or a combination of both – the mild speech and the heavy stick rooseveltian type approach. This paper examines the concept of command and control both from an actual perspective, focusing on the present aspects of this framework and from its appliance to the Romanian Armed Forces history. There is an inherent need to examine one’s army development for multiple reasons starting with a pure historic interest, or a mean of enhancing one’s army relevance and heritage or finding a model that fits (or doesn’t) in the local historic framework in comparison with similar organizations.

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