This essay collection explores Israel's mission strategy through the understanding of mission command. The book provides real-world scenarios that used mission command principles, written by the acting officers themselves. Topics include command systems, mission command and intelligence, mission command in the I.D.F. from 1949-1956, education and training, mission command and logistics, the strategic corporal, Operation "Defensive Shield," the Battle of Wadi Mabuk, the Battle of Beirut, 1982, the Second Lebanon War, 2006.