The process of amnesty, reconciliation, and reintegration (AR2) is typically regarded as a post-conflict process. In South Africa AR2 occurred before hostilities between government security forces and opposition groups developed into a civil war....
United States. Marine Corps. 4th Division, 4th Engineer Battalion
This is the report of the 4th Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, including planning and preparation, movement to objective, landing, narrative of operations, mine removal, road construction, water supply, administration, intelligence, and...
The importance assumed by trench warfare and the progress made in the application of field fortification and in the science of the attack and defense of elaborate systems of trenches, have rendered necessary special instruction in the details of...
On board U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command and the U.S. Coast Guard vessels, Inspection and Survey routinely conduct inspections. The successful completion of these Inspection and Survey (INSURV) inspections has always been considered a major...
The object of this book is to place in the hands of officers and men of our new Army, some of the details of the work it took me months of labor and the probable sacrifice of lives to learn. Some day you will have to do the same kind of work I had...
The conscript system is currently used by a large number of countries, including the majority of small nations. This study examines the appropriateness and effectiveness of a conscript military forces (foreign) as a credible defense system for...
Reports of a Major in the United States Army Corps of Engineers attached as an observer to the Third Japanese Army. Major Khun presents a detailed description of the Japanese Army during the Russo-Japanese conflict, including army life,...
Issued as War Department, Document No. 592. Instructions on all aspects of constructing and using trenches as well as wire entanglements. Includes 5 plates.
The 1740 strategic Siege of St. Augustine, Florida offers an excellent historical example of a flawed joint operation. Although it occurred in colonial North America over two centuries ago, the difficulties the British encountered in this joint...
The post cold war world appears to be an era of unprecedented change. Nations are disintegrating in some places while in others they are forming supranational powers such as the European Union. Transnational threats such as narcotrafficing, crime...
My information brief today is on Dan Schoonover. He was a combat engineer, which is commonly referred to in the engineer world as "Sapper". I will discuss the meaning of the name "Sapper" so we will all be able to understand the background of his...
Discusses the state of the art of field engineering after World War I. Discusses general principles of field fortification, tools and material, field level and field geometry, the siting of trenches, machine gun emplacements, obstacles, details of...