An initial historical review of the Balkans provides the setting to help one understand what led to America's involvement in the region. Later the book provides an excellent summary of the Bosnia and Kosovo regions and the consequent US presence...
Usually in history it seems that the technologically advanced society has a greater advantage in warfare than more primitive societies. For most battles this seems to hold true; however, there are exceptions to this rule. This document examines...
This study analyzes the theories of Pragmatic Communications, Cybernetics, and Perturbation under the framework of the Pragmatic Complexity Model to illustrate how two Presidential administrations beginning in the 20th and 21st centuries used 'new...
The fundamental root cause behind the military defeat of Poland in 1939 is not the result of fighting the combined armies of Germany and the Soviet Union. Rather, the failure is attributed to Poland's political hubris of pursuing its strategic...
This thesis is a case study on ethics within war. The thirteenth century Albigensian Crusade was a war against a heretical religious ideology known as Catharism whose tenets threatened the social order of Europe. The campaign took place in...
Two centuries of philosophy and war have informed the latest evolution of the definitions of strategy and operational art defined in the Department of Defense's Joint Publication 1-02. By harmonizing the relationship between strategy and...
This paper considers the change from professional to conscript armies in the 19th and early 20th centuries, to determine the factors promoting such changes, and to determine the probable nature of conscription in future armies.
This is an Army Service Forces Manual, a Civil Affairs handbook, on Norway. This study examines topics regarding government and administration (focusing on German military government in Norway), labor, cultural institutions, government finance, and...
For this Civil Affairs document, three main sections include the Bismarckian Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (revolution and the new array of forces, period of consolidation, and the end of the Weimar Republic and Hitler's rise to power),...
The mythology surrounding the 1389 Battle of Kosovo Polje, in present-day Serbia, is the foundation for the Serbian cultural identity and is a prism through which Serbs view and interpret the past, present, future. The mythology, created out of...
Political and media pundits have labeled the current period of post Cold-War world order the Pax Americana, reminiscent of the Pax Romana that occurred from 27 BC- 180 AD, during the zenith of the Roman Empire. It is the view of many that since the...
This study is divided into several parts. The first deals with the basic conditions under which Danish agriculture operates. The second part is devoted to a review of the pre-war position of the country's agriculture and food economy, while the...
The United States has attempted for several decades to assist in the modernization of armies in the Middle East. These armies are rich in tradition and heritage of medieval and pre-modern Islamic armies. Islamic armies possess an ability to...
A radical Islamic insurgency named Alshabab has appeared in Somalia in recent years. African Union forces, with the support of the international community are actively engaged to defeat this movement. The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),...
This monograph investigates Khalid Bin Waleed's seventh century (AD 633-634) campaign against the Sassanid Persian Empire in Mesopotamia to trace the evidence that substantiates application of modern characteristics of operational art. The question...
The mission of the Army is to fight and win our Nations wars. Inherent in that mission is to win the peace after the war. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Army leadership stated that American soldiers would not police Iraq, but that Iraqis would be...
With Russia’s inability to improve conditions in Chechnya and the international community’s failed attempts to negotiate a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, Islamic extremism in Chechnya is growing precipitously and risks spilling over...
Seeks to determine the Army's need for the study of military history. The committee was directed to determine the extent of that need, particularly in relation to the study of military history by commissioned officers and key civilian personnel,...