Does third party military intervention help or hurt an incumbent government during an insurgency? This study attempts to answer this question by testing prevailing military theories of counterinsurgency in the context of third party intervention...
Nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) proliferation is recognized as a serious threat across the operational spectrum--from the deployment of forces to posthostility activities, but there is a misconception when it comes to toxic industrial...
The construct for predictive analysis is based on the unfounded assumption that technologies and sound analysis will dissipate uncertainty in war. U.S. military doctrine shows an expectation for prediction from the intelligence process; it assumes...
This monograph examines the transformation of military forces, the development of military doctrine and the influence of previous wars. It is an attempt to identify the driving factors of military transformation in general, to look into the role...
Bulletins cover diverse topics; Soviet artillery weapons, tanks and infantry division, German rations, German attempts to capture the Hague, German Armored (Panzer) Troop School, German antiaircraft and antitank material, German machine guns and...
Volume I contains data on enemy personnel and unit strengths and a listing of accepted units for the current month. Volume II contains information on retroactive strength, infiltration, and infrastructure for all the months prior to the current...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
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...
Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock II credited with 93 confirmed kills during his combat tours in Vietnam, is a Marine Corp sniper legend. Even today his legend lives on in the movies and in the protests before congress to overturn the decision to...
As soldiers, we look to other military members as models to emulate. These individuals are found throughout different times of our American history and scattered throughout our military services. The history of Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock of...
In November, 1950, the United States Army suffered one of its most devastating defeats ever, in the frozen mountains of North Korea at the hands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. This defeat fundamentally changed the nature of the Korean...
Military History Section, Special Staff, Far East Command
Includes the Japanese navy chain of command, organization of the fleets, air fleets, submarine forces, naval ship divisions, monthly losses, and list of combatant, non-combatant and converted vessels.
"This 1976 manual describes fire support used to engage surface targets during all types of oeprations with a focus on the modern battlefield, where the ratio of combat power will initially favor the enemy. Although all fire support systems are...
Thesis Statement: The 21st century presents new and difficult challenges for the nuclear arms control program throughout the world. Discussion: Today, there are many nations, some hostile towards the U.S., or each other, that now possess nuclear...
The purpose of this text is for the use and guidance of all concerned with combat intelligence at division. This document describes the organization which produces intelligence, the production of intelligence from information, the means and methods...
The 24th Mechanized Infantry Division Combat Team Historical Reference Book represents a collection of selected planning documents, briefings, combat orders, intelligence assessments, and executive correspondence produced during the Desert Shield...