"The primary purpose of this essay is to present a case study of the military staff system generally conceded to have most nearly approached perfection, in an effort to demonstrate the inherent shortcomings of a supreme, single-service general staff in the modern setting of multi-service warfare. The secondary purpose is to indicate how extremely difficult and unwise it would be to establish a single general staff system to serve the land, sea, and air forces as a group."

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