on the management of war, they are not really saying what they mean. Their quarrel should be with the policy itself, not with its influence. If the policy is right—that is, successful— any intentional effect it has on the conduct of the war can only be to the good. If it has the opposite effect the policy itself is wrong. (pages 607-608)

Clausewitz's views written more than 150 years ago -appear to be focused on refuting criticisms of political influences on war that have been frequently and strongly voiced in the last 30 years. On War gives an important historical context to the current debate.

Although many of the issues associated with the effective exercise of this control by the President are beyond the scope of this study, the extent to which the unified commands are structured and prepared to effectively respond to current crisis management requirements is not. The major question which emerges is: has the unified command system, developed primarily in the late 1940's, adapted effectively to meet today's crisis management requirements? Subsequent portions of this chapter attempt to answer this question.

D. THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL COMMAND STRUCTURE

As mentioned previously, there are ten U.S.-only operational commands in existence today. Due to its brief existence, the U.S. Space Command is not included in this discussion. Figure 5-1 is an unclassified representation of the current geographic boundaries of the nine U.S. commands. (The precise geographic boundaries found in the Unified Command Plan are classified.) In addition, the United States participates in four multinational operational commands.

1. Unified Commands

a. U.S. European Command

The U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, is commanded by General Bernard W. Rogers, USA (USCINCEUR). General Rogers also commands the multinational command, Allied Command, Europe, with headquarters in Mons, Belgium. If a war were fought in Europe, the forces of all allied nations would be commanded by General Rogers as the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR); the U.S. force contribution would come from USEUCOM. As USCINCEUR, General Rogers has three Service component commands that report to him: U.S. Naval Forces, Europe; U.S. Army, Europe; and U.S. Air Forces, Europe. Chart 5-2 shows the command relationships for the U.S. European Command and the NATO responsibilities of these commands.