The Army of the 21st century has experienced a change in the nature of war with the asymmetric global war on terrorism. No longer is the Army facing the conventional armies of the past but is now facing an asymmetrical force which is causing the...
Operational art as a focus for U.S. doctrine has only recently emerged in our manuals. Initially, operational art emerged during the interwar period. Reflecting upon the experience of World War I, German and Soviet theorists recognized that mass...
General Matthew B. Ridgway’s astonishing ability to visualize a military campaign matured based on his leader development, the lessons that he learned from failure and from personally mastering operational art. During World War II, Ridgway...
Considerations of the curricula of the Army War College and the Command and General Staff College as to whether the educations meets the Army educational requirements, and the problems involved in the implementation of the Eddy Board directive.
In response to lessons learned, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) launched a comprehensive program, in 2009, to make all Airmen cross-culturally competent (3C). As part of this program, the USAF has included cultural training in all levels of professional...
Information Operations are becoming increasingly important in military operations. While many of the components that comprise Information Operations are not new the U.S. Army is attempting to better synchronize these components to increase their...
This study discusses the antiaircraft operations in regards to protection, guns and searchlights, material, organization of units, and the resulting effectiveness.
This study is a historical comparison and analysis of individual infantry training program development of the United States Army during World War I and World War II. Each period is examined using available historical records and by focusing on...
Providing a narrative analysis of US Army reconnaissance, scout, and cavalry evolution from the post-World War I era through the Iraqi conflict, this book outlines key developments in the concepts governing reconnaissance units from the armored...
Bounds, Gary L.; Theater Army Concept Development Project
In late 1983, the Concept Development Directorate (CDD) at the Combined Arms Center queried the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) on the subject of larger unit operations. In response, CSI agreed to prepare a three-part study on larger units of which...
Seeks to determine the Army's need for the study of military history. The committee was directed to determine the extent of that need, particularly in relation to the study of military history by commissioned officers and key civilian personnel,...
The premise for this study evolved during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF). It stems from a perception that the combat plan for the Coalition force invasion worked brilliantly but noticeably absent was a detailed plan for transitioning to peace. This...
As in the case of some other titles in the United States Army in World War II series, Ulysses Lee's "The Employment of Negro Troops" has been long and widely recognized as a standard work on its subject. The volume opens with background chapters...
This monograph shows how understanding three conceptual tradeoffs of complex versus complicated, complexity at large-scale versus fine-scale, and exploration of potential problems versus exploitation of known solutions can help the military...
South Korea needs to look ahead to problems it may face after North Korea's collapse and prepare to counter any North Korean insurgency that might result from the expansion of conflicts between political power groups. After the death of Kim...
To encourage further research in the history of World War I and to fill a gap in the Army's historical documentation of that conflict, the Center of Military History has created a World War I series of publications consisting of new monographs and...