This paper will address how the U.S. Army's concepts for employment of armed helicopters evolved during the Vietnam conflict. This will not be an operational history of Army aviation in Vietnam, but instead will attempt to focus on the ideas...
Descriptive narrative of the war in Italy in 1859 from April to August of that year. The author states "it is a carefully-drawn picture of the Campaign as it presents itself to the mind of the author now, when he has had opportunity to revisit the...
Detailed recounting of civil war military operations involving New Jersey military units. Organized and written as unit histories, affording a chapter to each brigade, regiment, and artillery battery. Also includes chapters covering the general...
Discussion on importance of proper military transportation including plans, units, staffing, staff duties, types of transportation, transport of wounded, transport by rail, sea, and animal, with a review of transport in former British wars.
This monograph examines the question is Clausewitz' theoretical concept of center of gravity the antithesis of a systems approach to warfare. The nature of conflict has changed since the age of Clausewitz, and a theoretical concept designed to...
This monograph asks the question what constitutes operational art? It examines the possible origins of operational art in the Napoleonic era to determine how the nature of warfare changed to reflect the world changes brought on by the Industrial...
The United States Army's Army After Next (AAN) Battle Force (BF) maintenance support concept reduces maintenance personnel to cut the BF from its logistical tail. As this concept evolves over the coming years the question is can the maintenance...
The United States Army is currently evolving from its Cold War structure to the more force-projection- oriented army of Force XXI. This transition will be complete by 2010. Beyond Force XXI is the Army After Next (AAN) which is projected to be...
Today's forces operate in the ever shifting and complex environment of intra-state and ethnic conflict. Marked by excessive violence and rising anarchy due to the disintegration of governing mechanisms, these conflicts pose new challenges to...
Today, a new strategic environment confronts the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its member nations. In order to address the challenges posed by this new environment, NATO developed a new strategy emphasizing political and military...
This monograph discusses light infantry battle command at battalion and below with a view focused on identifying those advanced command, control, communications, computer applications, and intelligence processing (C41) capabilities that will be...
Rapid change in the world political environment since the end of the Cold War has resulted in significant reduction in military spending and a fundamental shift in the United States Military Strategy for the 21st Century. With the change of...
As the army continues to reorganize in preparation for the battles of the 21st Century, logisticians seek the capabilities to sustain the weapons of modern warfare. To support the current and future ammunition requirements of the tactical...
When the enemy adopts a policy to attack convoys, truck drivers become front line troops. Convoy commanders must then become tacticians. How to study war? The student of tactics studies previous fights and mentally places himself in the position of...
As recent history illustrates, future maintenance of world order and stability will require peace operations on a rather regular basis. The United States, reigning world superpower, will probably absorb its fair share of these missions. However,...
Much of today's contemporary military writing, official literature and discussion focuses on structuring the United States military to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. Included in this effort is much concern about the concept of...
Despite the best-combined efforts of the world's five major powers (United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, and China), third world countries, rogue radical groups, and potential terrorist organizations continue their alarming proliferation...
The geostrategic and military situation for NATO (and specifically for the FEDERAL REPUBLIC of GERMANY) created in the wake of Germany's reunification and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, has led to revival of the military-strategic principle of...
The commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company for 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during the ground campaign phase of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Major William Glaser supported the brigade's command and control infrastructure from the...
Narrative written in the first person following the author's experience travelling to the site of the conflict, historical research into the background, witness of the situation, and personal opinions of the war. Includes detailed information of...