Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldering in Iraq Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army The Army has gained a great deal of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan about COIN operations. Here, one of the Army's most experienced...
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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 text of this book contains the lectures given at the Naval War College between the years 1887 and 1911. The Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Russo-Japanese War are discussed as well as historical narratives and illustrations, foundations...
This document contains observations on military strategy, tactics, and battles of the 1800's as well as the history and associated duties of the staff, infantry, cavalry, artillery, and engineers of the army organization. Also includes critical...
The purpose of the History of Delta Base Section contained in the ensuing pages is the making of a brief record to prompt the memories of officers and men who made the history. The presentation plan undertakes first to place Delta Base Section in...
This book is concerned primarily with the combat (or tactical) groups that were active during the Second World War. Although such groups had numerous designations, nearly all fell within four major categories: bombardment, fighter, reconnaissance,...
The World Factbook is prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency; each country listed contains information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
A book on the subject of the conduct of small wars where the campaigns do not consist of regular troops. It contains strategy, tactics, and information on all of the minor expeditions in which the British Army was frequently engaged.
This monograph presents the complex story of Army transportation in a theater environment for the use of the Transportation Corps in planning future operations, procurement, and training, and for the general information of military authorities. It...
This study analyzes criminal investigative activities during World War II and the Viet Nam conflict to determine if there were similar patterns in the framework of command and control, organizational development, support, and investigative...
This study is an historical analysis of the demonstrated leadership attributes of three World War II commanders in the European Theater, 1944-45: General William H. Simpson, Ninth Army Commander; Major General Troy H. Middleton, VIII Corps...
This study addresses the operational use of Ultra intelligence information during the preparation and execution of Operation Shingle or the invasion by Allied forces at Anzio 22 Jan 1944. At the heart of this discussion is the controversy over...
The advent of democratic regimes in Spain and Portugal by the mid seventies has conveyed new dynamics in the relationship between the two countries which are now trying a full integration in western Europe. For a better understanding of the...
The United Nations, in its thirty-five years of existence, has launched about fourteen peace-keeping and observer operations all over the world. The most important aspect of establishing a peace-keeping force is the ability to transport the force...
Economic, military, and political science all boast at least one basic theory. But concerning military assistance, the critical nexus between them, that theoretical structure that exists rests on normative assumptions and intuition. Within the...
Battlefield casualties are summarily grouped into two categories-the dead, and the wounded. Graves registration teams collect the dead, and ambulances evacuate the wounded. But who decides who is dead? On a battlefield, anyone failing to exhibit...
This study examines the escalation rates and intensity levels of US/ USSR post-WW II confrontations in relation to the number of strategic nuclear weapons available to these nations to determine if a relationship exists. That is, have strategic...