It is dangerous to assume that in today's operating environment, a universally accepted definition of what war is, and what war is not, is readily available. While most Soldiers and policy makers claim to know war, "knowing it when they see it," is...
This monograph examines the relationship between reconnaissance and the application of operational art. The operational artist requires reconnaissance to arrange tactical actions in time, space, and purpose to achieve an overarching strategic...
During the past several decades, numerous authors have written on the subject of an American way of war. These include works by Russell Weigley, Max Boot, and Brian Linn. The apparent differences between these works have stimulated debate among...
Proceeding from the means and ways they use to overcome the problems within their specific domains, the Army and Air Force have developed different operational perspectives. The differences would not matter if each conducted operations...
Verdy du Vernois, Julius Adrian Wilhelm von; Swift, Eden, trans.
"The value of the War Game is well known and appreciated, yet each day we see attempts at its practice abandoned when just begun. This is surprising in view of the many fine works by means of which the exercise has been in many places made a great...
These points of support contain all the material necessary for building or equipping ships;they furnish all the men and supplies required by the navy;and must offer for a beaten fleet, or one which at the outbreak of war has not yet completed it...
The history of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, is to a certain extent the history of the Santiago campaign. The detachment was organized on the spur of the moment, to utilize material which would otherwise have been useless, and was...
When the United States declared war on Kaiser Wilhelm's government on April 6, 1917, the U.S. Army underwent a profound growth and transformation to conduct combat operations against the German Imperial Army. Since the U.S. Army grew from 125,000...
The United States Army is beginning to move away from the current fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. This will mean brigade combat teams will now shift their focus from winning the current fight to preparing for the next possible threat. Current United...
This is a textbook for the training of security and reconnaissance tactics and guard duty. A commander needs information of two kinds: that relating to the geography, topography, and resources of the theater of operations; and that which relates to...