Volume I of three parts, it includes the naval situation at the start of the Civil War, focusing on the tactic of naval blockade squadrons located in the Atlantic, Chesapeake, and Gulf. Also covered are the operations of commerce-destroyers and...
This thesis studies the efforts of the U.S. Military Government in Bavaria to bring about democratic reform and denazification. It focuses on the period from V-E Day on 8 May 1945 to 5 June 1947, when Secretary of State George Marshall first...
This thesis examines DTIM at the US Army installation level. It reviews the Army’s view of domestic threat based on current doctrine, as well as the joint view of terrorism as the predominate threat. It suggests a revised approach that fuses both...
This study investigates the Army’s current military decision-making process and its applicability to brigade level combat operations in a time-constrained environment. Tactical military decision making is an arduous process that many times...
The strategic hamlet program in Vietnam was destined to failure because of a misapplication of the Malayan counterinsurgency model. The ethnic composition of the population, the nature of the insurgency, and the inherent capabilities of the...
The end of the Cold War brought a change in role for a majority of the armed forces of the western nations. The operational emphasis moved from defensive posturing and expected total war, to employment possibilities across the whole spectrum of...
The Battle of Powder River occurred on 17 March 1876 in southeastern Montana. Historians and researchers have consistently overlooked the importance of this battle on the outcome of the Great Sioux War of 1876. Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds set out to...
Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has been drawing down its military. The national military strategy was altered to require the military to be able to defeat two adversaries in two nearly simultaneous major theater wars. With the drawdown...
I would like to discuss an ethical dilemma that has affected leaders of the past and continues to plague leaders today. Administering fair and equal to Soldiers regardless of rank or status can place a leader in an unwanted ethical dilemma. Leaders...
Force XXI technology changes the war-fighting doctrine of the US Army. The new digital technology combined with changes in the design of the force structure created a new mechanized infantry or armor division. This division, called Division XXI,...
Ever since the collapse of the world of the bipolar opposition between the former USSR led Warsaw Pact and NATO, political and military leaders have been facing a different security environment with overwhelming instability and uncertainty. In this...
During his September 2003 to September 2004 deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major Thomas Neemeyer served as the intelligence officer (S2) for the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, based in the Iraqi city of Ar...
Contains a description of the staff, army organization, the different branches of the service and their role in war, training, education, and troop formations and tactics. By a Prussian general. Translated from the corrected edition by permission...
Contains a description of the Serbian Army's retreat from the banks of the Danube and the Timok towards the Adriatic Coast during the fall of 1914. The author is a veteran of English journalism, and personally followed the principle phases of the...
Consists of personal observations and reports on the war from 1866-1870 by Baron Stoffel as directed by the Emperor. Statistics on cavalry, military forces, weapons, transportation, and communication are included in the reports. The duties of...