We've seen in movies such as "Glory", "The Buffalo Soldier" and others movies showing blacks fighting on the union side during the Civil War. However, there are other black soldiers who fought in the war that history tends to forget: The Black...
Wah, Augustus N.; Abiera, Arthur O.; Napolet, James; Patrick, Calvin; Fuller, Mike
Weaponry in space is one of the many programs on the table for the United States’ half trillion dollar defense budget.
Space or outer space is global by nature. It is a vast medium that is far beyond the atmosphere where the laws of...
Weekly intelligence summary of 14th Air Force operations over China during the weeks 2-8 August and 9-15 August and ground operations from 1 August to cessation of hostilities. Includes China's status of railroads, airfields, Shanghai, and...
West Africa is ripe for democratic development, but chronic instability impedes progress. This thesis describes the causes and extent of instability and concludes that the military is a major contributor. The question is how to prevent the military...
Westphal's study consists of four parts. Part I is the selection, education and training of general staff officers in peace and war; this includes training at the War College in peacetime, training at general staff schools during wartime,...
What are ethics? How am I to write a thought paper on ethics, if I do not know if you know the meaning? It is defined by Webster College Dictionary as "the system or code of moral of a particular person, religion, group, or profession." Although...
What can I do to put you in boots today? Recruiters face tough times, trying to sell a lifestyle that in the eyes of many is a one-way trip to the grave. The shock of losing over 2,000 Service members in the War on terrorism weighs heavy on the...
What can we learn from past leaders that is important enough to be included in the new Army Doctrine Publication (ADP) 6-22? Leadership principles the Army has used to date are inadequate. This monograph reviews some of the most revered generals in...
What caused the agricultural manpower shortage in World War II? Historians have proffered a variety of explanations that attribute linear causality to a handful of independent variables. No scholar, however, has attempted to study the manpower...
What could have made the Military Police (MP) and Marine Security Guard (MSG) response more effective, averting negative media coverage and public opinion? The Tet Offensive has been widely acknowledged as the turning point of the United States...
What happens when a technologically advanced nation provides advanced technology to a much less advanced nation's military? Numerous political and diplomatic considerations go into the decision to provide the technology, but once the decision is...
What happens yesterday can help us today. There are key elements that can be taken from studying history that can be applied today to assist leaders in their decision making process. Failure to do so can cause mission failure, loss of equipment and...
What is success in war? Who defines success? A review of past theorists such as Sun Tzu, Thucydides, Jomini and Clausewitz along with modern scholars such as William Martel, Azar Gat, and J. Boone Bartholomees produces a model for understanding...