Tactical success in combat is not enough, because tactical success of itself does not guarantee victory in war. History has proved this. What matters ultimately in war is success at the level of strategy, the level directly concerned with attaining the aims of policy. That these two levels of war are connected and that there is an art to the way tactical results are used to advance the strategic purpose are beyond doubt. With this thought as its point of departure, this book discuses this intermediate operational level which links strategy and tactics, describing the military campaign as the primary tool of operation. This book, Campaigning, thus establishes the authoritative doctrinal basis for military campaigning in the Marine Corps, particularly as it pertains to a Marine Air-Ground Task Force(MAGTF) conducting a campaign or contributing to a campaign by a higher authority. Campaigning is designed to be in consonance with FMFM1, Warfighting, and presumes understanding of the philosophy described therein. In fact, Campaigning applies this Warfighting philosophy specifically to the operational level of war. Like FMFM 1, this book is descriptive rather than prescriptive in nature; it requires judgment in application.

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