This monograph provides a definition of military geography as it relates to the application of operational art, and a recommended framework for the assessment of the influence of military geography in operational level planning. Its focus is the...
This monograph addresses the suitability of Bedouin tribes for recruitment and employment as irregular forces. The study is motivated by force shortfalls and resource constraints in U.S. contingency planning for Southwest Asia and the Arabian...
Since the passage of the National Security Act of 1947, Congress has tried to correct the recurring problem of fractured command authority and poor cooperation between the services. Changes in 1958 and the recent Defense Reorganization Act of 1986...
The purpose of this paper is to explain why US artillery should have a greater role in the conduct of operational fires. Current US artillery has the capability to achieve operational effects, but Army doctrine almost ignores the capability. As a...
The moral domain of war concerns the human dimension of conflict. People compose military forces so all military operations include human considerations. Leaders must use and protect their soldiers who are their most precious resource. Leaders must...
This study is an examination of the impact of battle death in a cohesive unit. The American soldier will fight on a future battlefield that is extended, lethal, and isolated. To operate effectively he will be dispersed in small, cohesive military...
This monograph deals with decision making in contingency operations. It begins with the observation that contingency operations are the most frequent method by which the United States projects power worldwide. Studying three areas which appear to...
Several military publications, including FM 100-5 Operations and FM 34-3 Intelligence Analysis, have identified the importance of knowing the opposing commander's style and idiosyncrasies. Despite this emphasis, experience shows that we know rather...
Recent conflicts have provided valuable glimpses at the lethality of the modern battlefield and the vulnerability of large formations, command and control nodes, and air defense elements. The 1967 Six Day War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1982...
This monograph examines the dynamic tension between operational sustainment planning and operational design. Operational planners must fully consider both the limitations and possibilities of operational sustainment and its inherent risks when...
Fratricide remains one of the most challenging problems of the modern battlespace. Fratricide incidents have occurred in every major conflict in history and continue to increase. The fratricide fatality rate was significantly high during Desert...
This report is a product of a commission of psychological and educational consultants who surveyed the College and reported on organization, curriculum, instruction, instructors, students, methods of evaluation, use of civilians, and staff training.
This document announces the Commandant's policies for the conduct of the 1953-54 Examination Program as represented by the recommendations contained in a subject study. This directive is in the form of a faculty memorandum. Its goal was to analyze...
This publication brings up to date the original history published by Colonel Elvid Hunt in 1927 and revised by Captain Walter E. Lorence in 1937. It contains a chronology of events from 1937 - 1951.
The self-study report that follows represents the combined efforts of a great many people who collectively have sought, through more than a year's inquiry and deliberation, to assess objectively and to describe accurately the performance of their...
This document contains information on troop leading (situations, solutions, and discussions) for the Command and General Staff School, 1926-1927 (infantry division / artillery regiment in the attack, infantry division in the pursuit, in defense and...
This book is designed to give students the ability to read maps and to comprehend the military possibilities of the terrain. Includes the principles and methods of making and using military maps in both war games and other military situations,...
This study discusses the 32nd Division encounter with gas warfare in the advance to Fismes and covers types of gases, military operations, German Army movement, and analyzes the actual attack.
This volume attempts through photographs and colorplates, to encompass the causes of the great conflict and the chief happenings of military and political importance during the four years of World War I, including maps of continents, countries, and...