NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY President: Lieutenant General P. G. Cerjan Vice President: Ambassador H. K. Walker

INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES Acting Director: Stuart E. Johnson

Publications Directorate Fort Lesley J. McNair Washington, D.C. 20319-6000 Phone: (202) 475-1913 Fax: (202) 475-1012

Director: Frederick T. Kiley Deputy Director: Lieutenant Colonel Barry McQueen Managing Editor, JFQ: Robert A. Silano Chief, Publications Branch: George C. Maerz Editors: Calvin B. Kelley, Kathleen A. Lynch, Martin J. Peters, and Mary A. Sommerville Circulation Manager: Myrna Morgan Editorial Assistant: Patricia Williams

Text design and editing: Kathleen A. Lynch Cover Design: Juan A. Medrano

Dr. Sterling Sessions is an adjunct professor of strategic management at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Dr. Carl Jones is a professor of command and control at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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