Over the Beach, written by historian and retired Army Colonel Donald W. Boose Jr., is the definitive history of the extensive but little known US Army amphibious operations during the Korean War, 1950-1953. Building on its extensive experience in...
This study follows the decisions made by General Lee based on his intelligence gathering resources to locate General Grant's forces and evaluates the results during the United States Civil War.
This historical study investigates the military effectiveness and combat power of Civil War balloons. The categories inherent to military effectiveness include timeliness, accuracy, usefulness, operational considerations, and logistics. Limited by...
The thesis of this study is that the Continental artillery in the American Revolution, despite its ad hoc beginning and wartime challenges, gradually developed into a professional organization by the end of the war. Rather than operational history...
The thesis is a historical analysis of Colonel John T. Wilder's infantry brigade in the Tullahoma and Chickamauga campaigns of the American Civil War. In 1863 General Rosecrans, commander of the Army of the Cumberland, authorized Wilder to mount...
This thesis is a chronological analysis of Longstreet during the thirteen major campaigns in which he participated: First Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, the Seven Days, Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg,...
Few checklists exist for the operational level of war. One of the reasons Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) published TRADOC Pamphlet 11-9, “Blueprint of the Battlefield,” was the intent of assisting in filling this void. The Blueprint...
The monograph that follows seeks to analyze the current military strategy of the US. The framework proposed by the renowned military historian Michael Howard assists in this endeavor. The resulting analysis establishes the criteria for an effective...
The National Military Strategy outlines the U.S. military concept for winning two nearly simultaneous Major Theaters of War: concentrate in one, shift assets to the second, and win the second. The U.S. doctrine calls for the use of decisive force...
The partisan war in the Revolutionary War South demonstrated the vital linkage between the civil and military authorities. In the policies created to persuade the people of the righteousness of the American cause and neutralize opposition, the...
This study is a historical analysis of the effectiveness of Union cavalry during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. In a campaign noted for the highly skilled maneuver conducted by General William Tecumseh Sherman, the effective...
This report consists of interviews with Dr. Ivan J. Birrer about his career at the Command and General Staff College. On 30 June 1978, Dr. Birrer retired from his position at the Command and General Staff College after completing more than 30 years...
This study begins by tracing the causes of ethnic conflicts in Africa. By examining the theories of democracy and conflict resolution, the study seeks to establish conditions required for the resolution of ethnic conflicts. The study primarily...
This study is a historical analysis of the effectiveness of Union cavalry during the Chickamauga campaign. General William S. Rosecrans' desire to develop Union cavalry in the Army of the Cumberland into an effective counter to superior Confederate...
In the Civil War, the "great captains" of the Union force were professional officers who had been trained in the Regular Army. They were the Regular Army's one major contribution to Northern victory. Otherwise, the small professional army remained...
This study investigates the creation of a mythical fortifications system called the German “National Redoubt” and the use of ULTRA to confirm its existence. The work includes a brief background of the Redoubt and examines how the state of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The Confederacy's two largest field forces, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee compiled quite dissimilar battlefield reputations. The former, more often victorious in battle, established a firm internal structure earlier in the...