ABSTRACT
The joint services command and staff college (JSCSC) is part of the United Kingdom's (UK) defence academy. This chapter focuses on the annual, joint, year long advanced command and staff course (ACSC), aimed at equipping all Lieutenant Colonel/Wing Commander/Commander royal navy level officers with the analytical, command, and communications skills required for their next high-grade joint or single-service appointments. The ethics and international law strand runs throughout the ACSC. In a twenty-first century world characterized by complex uncertainty, the UK armed services recognize the imperative for their officers to not only be familiar with the joint environment, but also with the multinational and multi agency one. Small Wars demand the highest type of leadership directed by intelligence, resourcefulness, and ingenuity. Small wars are conceived in uncertainty, are conducted often with precarious responsibility and doubtful authority, under indeterminate orders lacking specific instructions.
