In armored force circles the inter-war years are referred to as the "lean years." The abolishment of the separate Tank Corps in 1920, the Depression Era budget constraints and a lack of national strategic vision have caused a mistaken belief that...
This volume attempts through photographs and colorplates, to encompass the causes of the great conflict and the chief happenings of military and political importance during the four years of World War I, including maps of continents, countries, and...
Military history is one of the most effectual means of learning the art of war in time or peace, and the most solid basis of assimilating its great principles. This document regarding the principles of strategy describes to the reader the positive...
Issued with the following official number: C.4.M.4. 1931.IX [C.P.D.1(i)]. Minutes of the sixth session (second part) of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference. Transcripts of discussions, proposals, drafts, ammendments,...
The purpose of this book is to investigate the reactions of a belligerent nation which finds itself threatened with exhaustion as a result of a war of long duration, and to demonstrate the methods of war available to a nation possessing great...
Pamphlet is intended as a guide to the large subject of army organizations. Contains the general principles upon which the organization of all armies are built and the historic points in the development of the main branches of the service.
Supplements Volume 7 of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the war of the rebellion. Contains information scattered across other volumes regarding the campaign. Contains reports ad correspondence found outside volume seven,...
This publication is intended to serve as a text to be
used in the instruction at the Command and General Staff School. Its main purpose is to present to the students the principles which should guide the commander of an independent force the size...
Details the history of the senior institution in the Army educational system. The history of the college has a close relationship to the development of the modern US Army.
This was a presentation given at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, November 7, 1938; speaker was Colonel Clement H. Wright. Conclusion: tactical operations should not be judged by their local results alone; rather, their effect upon...
In this document, the origin and different tribes of the Philippines are described, as well as home life, religion, life as a citizen, characteristic traits of the Tagalo and Visayas, the Chinese, Moros, Europeans, slavery, language, etc.
This paper on the subject of "The Organization of Naval Command" is designed to develop in somewhat greater detail the views on command expressed in Chapters II and III of the pamphlet "Sound Military Decision". It proposes to set forth the manner...
This document describes Russia’s involvement in the West, Bolshevik general policies in the East and relations with the Asiatic states, the potential effect of Nazi-Bolshevik cooperation in the East, and American policy.
This is a lecture given at the Naval War College. The speaker addresses the French hegemony (1919-1933), the transition to German hegemony (1933-1938), role of Soviet Russia, and the second stage in building Mittel Europa.
This is a study of economic conditions in the Philippine Islands, with particular reference to present and future requirements for public utility service, including the manufacture and distribution of ice, as well as power-consuming industries such...
This is a staff presentation which highlights the following topics: categories of naval forces; the strategic function of the battle fleet; the theater of war; material conditions that influence strategic success; initial strategic deployment of...
Discusses various artillery pieces and their mechanical parts. Second volume includes additional information on improvements in gun mounting, the Welin breech mechanism and carriage improvements.
The Illustrated War News was a weekly magazine during World War I, published by Illustrated London News. The magazine contained articles, photographs, diagrams and maps. This book is a compilation of issues from October, November and December of...