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...
Casebook serves as background information for training in the field of psychological operations and as an introduction to the more important elements and principles of PSYOP.
Volume II of two volumes, this narrative begins July 30, 1805 on the Jefferson River in Montana and follows the expedition from the Three Forks of the Missouri to the headwaters of the Columbia, back down the Yellowstone River and on to St. Louis. ...
Contains a biography of Sam Houston and his involvement in the Texas War of Independence and creation of the Republic of Texas. Includes a bibliography and index.
After Action Report including pre-strike, strike, post strike, conclusions, and 6 annexes involving Hurricane Betsy. This narrative is based upon staff reports rendered by major functional elements of this installation. Its contents were compiled...
Narrative written in the first person following the author's experience travelling to the site of the conflict, historical research into the background, witness of the situation, and personal opinions of the war. Includes detailed information of...
This book is written in question and answer format describing the objects of fortification and field profiles and examines the advantages and disadvantages of each. Covers obstacles, revetments, field works, defenses, demolition, sieges, and...
This book provides information relative to firearms most frequently sought by sportsmen. It includes a short history of guns, ammunition, gun-making, proofing, testing, calibrating, shooting techniques, riles, and rifle characteristics.
This volume is a series of pen-pictures of the every-day life of the soldier during the Georgia campaigns beginning with the movement against Atlanta, how he lived, how he marched, and how he fought on the skirmish line and the line-of-battle.
This biography is written through personal acqaintance of the author and covers Lincoln's life before and during politics, as it examines Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery in the United States during the 19th century.
Volume 2 of the Final report of the Board of officers appointed to develop proposals for the reorganization of the infantry and airborne infantry regiments includes questionaires and letters requesting views of regimental commanders, proposals for...
This document on military arms and ammunition begins with terms and expressions used in conjunction with small arms and the motion of the rifle bullet. Resistance of the air to the motion of a projectile, trajectory of the bullet, penetration and...
This text contains the author's views and philosophical discussions of war. Included is the origins of war, science and art of war, ethics, the future of warfare, interior defense, strategy, and reformation of war.
This monograph is essentially a treatment of the manpower aspects of military mobilization. Its primary objective is to provide a more comprehensive record of military mobilizations in the United States for the use of General Staff officers and...
This is the final report of the Fedden mission to Germany. The mission was to visit research departments and engineering works in Germany to earmark plant, equipment, books, etc. suitable for a college of aeronautics. Other investigations included...
It is the purpose of this paper to deal principally with the use of psychological methods in the rapid classification, selection and placement of individuals which may be brought into the army in various military specialties in a time of national...
The topic of this study involves the special uses of teletypewriters which are considered as analogous to military signal requirements in the combat zone. There is a brief description of the teletypewriter, its uses, displacement of Morse operators...
This study examines the evolution of the German Army's defensive doctrine on the Russian Front from 1941 to 1945. It begins by reviewing prewar doctrine as expressed in German field manuals and professional journals. German defensive techniques are...