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MCDP 5
MCDP 5
21 July 1997
FOREWORD
C. C. KRULAK
General, U.S. Marine Corps
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Planning
Notes
Chapter 1
The Nature
of
Planning
“Nothing succeeds in war except in consequence of a well
prepared plan.”1
—Napoleon Bonaparte
—Napoleon Bonaparte
MCDP 5 The Nature of Planning