King, Curtis S.; Robertson, William G.; Clay, Steven E.
This handbook analyzes Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign from the crossing of the Rapidan River on 4 May to the initiation of the crossing of the James River on 15 June. Unlike many of CSI's previous handbooks, this...
This document is the first of two volumes that examine the Vietnam conflict from the perspective of the theater commander and his headquarters. It traces the story of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), from its establishment in...
This is the second in a series of three working papers on the Sino-Indian border dispute. This Section II deals with the period from late 1959 to early 1961. Section III will cover the remainder of 1961 and most of 1962, through the Chinese attack...
In this interview, 1LT Stephen Kennedy, USAF, Joint Combat Assessment Team (JCAT) Research Engineer. 1LT Kennedy opens his interview by detailing the key parts of his job. He describes how he conducts post-battle damage assessment on all Joint...
The United States imposed an embargo on Cuba in 1959. Has the time come for the United States to lift the 44-year-old embargo? The embargo on Cuba was part of America's cold war strategy against the Soviet Union; imposed on the basis that Cuba was...
This thesis is an incomplete historical investigation of the scientific method henceforth referred to as "operations research." The purpose of the thesis is to trace the evolution of operations research in the U. S. Army and to provide the military...
The purpose of this study is to analyze Union offensive operations during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War with respect to the principle of the objective. This highly successful campaign split the Confederacy. Major General William T....
The objective of this thesis is to provide the reader with a record of the most important developments in the evolution of doctrine for the command and control of organic divisional aviation between 1942 and 1961, and to provide a source of...
With a rapidly growing population, increased urbanization, higher standards of living and an agricultural policy which emphasizes expanded production in order to feed the growing masses, the Government of Egypt finds itself in a critical situation...
The subject of this document is the size and composition of the 1952-1953 regular class at the Command and General Staff College. The capacity under the current conditions of that time as they pertained to personnel spaces for support and...
In 1956, $200,000 was appropriated for architectural design of J. Franklin Bell Hall with the assurance that the 84th Congress would give favorable consideration during session if plans were developed in time. The plans were approved and Congress...
This report on French controlled Morocco details: the frequency and variety of diseases, cultural/political attitudes of the population, economic conditions and geography in addition to the number and availability of troops and equipment.
This is a lecture on the general organization and use of high-powered heavy artillery. Discusses the role, organization, mission, operation, and materiel of heavy artillery.
Operational orders for the invasion of the Philippine Islands. Orders cover intelligence, infantry operations, operational maps, field artillery, engineers, chemical battalions, and amphibious operations.
This is the narrative of one phase of the greatest pitched battle on the Western Front in World war II. The battle of St. Vith is an excellent example of how American Troops held their ground in the midst of confusion, defeat, and uncertainty; and...
Military intelligence annex to Field Order 12 comprising information on the enemy situation, general background information on Holland, the terrain, weather, conditions of bridges and roads, treatment of prisoners of war, use of maps, and standard...
Field orders containing details pertaining to 82nd Airborne involvement in Operation Market Garden. Includes attack order with annexes on intelligence, air movement tables, signal, and artillery.
Commander Transport Squadron Twelve, US Pacific Fleet
Landing attack orders containing ship-to-shore movement, control plan, beachmaster plan, communication plan, intelligence, smoke plan, medical plan, boat pool plan, pontoon causeway and barge plan.