自海湾战争结束以来，世界军事理论界掀起了一股“联合作战”热，但联合作战并不是从海湾战争才第一次出现的新鲜事物，而是古已有之。至于是谁进行了人类最早的联合作战，各国学术界至今说法不一。美国人认为是自己开辟了人类联合作战的先河──发生在１７８１年独立战争期间 Since the end of the Gulf War, the world’s military theoretical circles have launched an upsurge of “joint operations.” However, joint operations are not the first things emerging since the Gulf War. They have existed for a long time. As for who conducted the earliest joint operations of mankind, academic circles in various countries have so far said different opinions. Americans consider themselves pioneers in the joint operations of mankind ─ ─ occurred during the war of 1781