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...
Wars have been studied from every viewpoint from the most abstract to the intensely personal. In the case of Major Joseph C. Barto Is Task Force 2-4 Cav-"First In, Last Out": The History of the 2d Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, During Operation...
Headquarters, United States Army, Europe Operations Division Historical Section.
Tells the story of Operation Gyroscope in the United States Army, Europe, from its proposal in 1954 through the principal interchanges of Fiscal Year 1957. The study analyzes some of the problems associated with maintaining combat readiness during...
The lightning campaign that toppled the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq in the spring of 2003 seemed to herald the arrival of a new way of war, as Germany's blitzkrieg had done at the beginning of World War II. But the initial victory soon devolved...
This is a story about Marines and a tough mission: the Marines of I and II Marine Expeditionary Forces were deployed to Iraq during 2004–2006 and confronted a violent insurgency and a nation in chaos. Though the Marines came to fight—they did...
The United States, prior to its entry into the present conflict, with its small military establishment, with its isolation and its traditional policy of friendliness to other nations, found itself virtually without those agencies necessary for...
In July 1979, the Sandinista-led revolutionary junta pledged to the people of Nicaragua and the Organization of American States that it would fully respect human rights. The Sandinistas have systematically violated this pledge, trampling on the...
The first of eight SFOR procedural guides. Intended to assist SFOR-designated units in understanding the requirements, to help establish pre-deployment training plans pertinent to the mission, and to provide the TTP used by the 1st Cavalry Division...
"Nicaragua charges that, since at least 1982, the United States has used force against Nicaragua in the form of assistance to Nicaraguans fighting against the Sandinista regime. Any such actions, Nicaragua argues, are illegal and improper since...
This is a history of the 8th United States Army. Contents include: General of the Pacific, Douglas MacArthur; the Eighth's commander, Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger; the Eighth in war and peace; the Eighth's generals; operations of the...
Study seeks to provide a work of reference for general staff officers and for students in the Army School System. Gives a general background to United States military demobilization, starting with the pre-Civil War experience and continuing up...
The attached after action report is the official of Operation KEYSTONE BLUEJAY: the redeployment of the lst Infantry Division from the Republic of Vietnam during the first quarter of 1970, The redeployment of the 1st Infantry Division marked the...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History and written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. Cambodia (the Khmer...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. To evaluate the...
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. They were written by officers who held responsible positions in the Cambodian, Laotian, and South Vietnamese armed forces during the war in Indochina. War and politics...
The United States advisory mission in South Vietnam encompassed many fields of endeavor and affected almost every level of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. It was a demanding exercise of professional duties and a unique human experience for...
This handbook represents an accumulation of general information and guidance on all aspects of the Peoples Self-Defense Force program. It provides appropriate references to GVN Directives which establish PSDF policy, programs, and reporting...
Lists and gives pertinent information on battle sites in chronological order. Looks at Task Force Smith at Osan, the Taejon Defense, the Chinju Offensive and Task Force Kean, the Battle for Tabu-dong, the Inchon Landing, Chipyong-ni, The Battle for...
Foust, Jerome von.; Bailey, Thomas M. 1957-; Dabrowski, John R. (John Raymond); US Army Military History Institute. Oral History Branch.; Army War College (U.S.)
This oral history transcript is a part of the academic year 2001, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.
BG Foust was retired...