Crane Brinton's analysis of popular revolutions offers the strategic and operational planner a valid model for checking the consistency of ends, ways and means, for campaign plans. As a planning tool, Brinton's model fills a gap in FM 100-20, which...
The Islamic Republic of Iran remains defiant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1696 which demands that "Iran suspend all nuclear enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, including research and development." Iranian...
This effort attempts to provide the reader with an understanding of the dynamics and rational context for Iranian Strategic power projection in the 21st century. Using the Iran-Iraq War as a lens through which to examine Iran during a stressing...
This monograph analyzes the Iran-Iraq War from its inception in September of 1980 through the Iranian Faw Counteroffensive of February 1986. It uses the precepts of operational art to examine the performance of the belligerents in this prolonged...
The interaction between politics and military professionalism is a delicate balancing act in war. When the politics involves a revolutionary ideology, military professionalism can be subordinated to the point of hurting the war effort. The Iranian...
One of the biggest challenges we face today, during Operation Iraqi Freedom has been the enemy use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's). The Army has continued to improve the way we fight this tactic by the way we train our Soldiers on the most...
From January 2005 through January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lieutenant Colonel Rich Creed served as the operations officer for 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor - part of 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - in the Ba'qubah area of...
The purpose of this text is to furnish intelligence officers with a detailed picture of the basic composition and disposition of the Italian Army. The first part, comprising sections I to IV, is for general orientation on the structure of the Army...
The progress of the Iran-Iraq War has surprised analysts. In order of gain insight into events in the region and their implications, I propose an analytical framework using Carl Von Clausewitz and Martin Van Creveld, which is used to analyze the...
Report describes the part played by the 38th Infantry Division in the M-7 operation on Luzon from 29 January to 30 June 1945. All phases of the operation are covered, including the planning phase, landing on the Zambales Coast, the opening battle...
Lecciones aprendidas: división multinacional sur-central. Teniente Coronel Robert Strzelecki, Ejército Polaco; La Guerra Global contra el Terrorismo justificó desplegar más tropas polacas en apoyo del esfuerzo de posguerra de la Coalición en...
"The following brief history of the steps which have been taken, in this country, to organize a bridge equipage adapted to our service, will sufficiently explain the reasons that have induced the Board to recommend the system described in the...
Major Neil Doherty served as the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manager for Diyala Province, Iraq from July 2006 through July 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In this interview, he talks about his desire for convoy training prior to...
Serving on the military transition team (MiTT) assigned to the Iraqi Ground Forces Command (IGFC) from January 2006 through January 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Matt Whitney was originally slated to be the C5 advisor. This, however, was an "ill-advised...
This study discusses the tactics used by the Germans employing chemical agents in the World War, and present developments in these weapons and possible future developments.