Volume II of two volumes, this narrative begins July 30, 1805 on the Jefferson River in Montana and follows the expedition from the Three Forks of the Missouri to the headwaters of the Columbia, back down the Yellowstone River and on to St. Louis. ...
Contains a biography of Sam Houston and his involvement in the Texas War of Independence and creation of the Republic of Texas. Includes a bibliography and index.
"All wars illustrate the importance of the means of speedy communication." The author in a work of two volumes focuses on the importance and role of the telegraph in the course of the Civil War. A historical recounting of events is organized by...
This project examines the military ramifications of the emerging revolution in military affairs and the changing strategic environment. Assessing two strategic approaches, Joint Vision 2010 (evolutionary force design) and a rising advocacy of...
A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (Public Information Division)
This document was prepared in the historical section, public information division, United States Coast Guard Headquarters. This paper includes information about anti-submarine warfare, vessels, ship's histories, patrol and escort vessels, an...
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters (Public Information Division)
This document was prepared in the historical section, public information division, United States Coast Guard Headquarters. This paper describes assistance and rescue operations by the U.S. Coast Guard. There are many charts showing the U.S....
"The purpose of this self-study report is to communicate to a group of North Central evaluators the essence of the educational experience at the US Army Field Artillery School. This final chaper summarizes the preceding chapters and presents our...
"You have been sent to the U.S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile School as a student officer for training to fit you for command, staff, or special staff duty with artillery units. The purpose of this booklet is primarily to tell you how the U.S....
African Americans have fought with distinction and great pride in all of this country's military engagements. However, some of their most notable contributions and sacrifices came during the Civil War. During that conflict, approximately 180,000...
Air Mech XXI is a revolutionary concept of maneuver warfare that displaces the current heavy-mechanized doctrine as the dominate form of land combat in the next century. The concept, developed by the author, uses rotary wing aircraft to project a...
Although seemingly as antiquated as the horse cavalry, the lessons from the Apache Wars of 1865 to 1886 are still relevant to the US Army. Indeed, the US Army’s current occupation of Iraq is remarkably similar to the occupation of New Mexico...
America's black soldiers fought in George Washington's army during the War of Independence, and served with Andrew Jackson at New Orleans in 1815. Late in 1861, Colonel
T. W. Higginson took command of the First Regiment of South Carolina...
American history includes more than 200 years of recorded military success and failures. From the Revolutionary War to the those operations under Global War on Terrorism, the military leaders and warriors of the United States, have implemented...
Are the US Air Force and US Army envisioning, and thus preparing for, the same future of warfare? This paper analyzes this question through examination of the common canon of military theory shared by the services, leadership statements, funding...