Today's Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander is the single uniformed military service commander most likely to be concerned with prosecuting joint military operations during the decade of the nineties. His ability to successfully command and control...
The purpose of this paper is to explain why US artillery should have a greater role in the conduct of operational fires. Current US artillery has the capability to achieve operational effects, but Army doctrine almost ignores the capability. As a...
This monograph deals with decision making in contingency operations. It begins with the observation that contingency operations are the most frequent method by which the United States projects power worldwide. Studying three areas which appear to...
This paper discusses Army requirements for deep operations and the TACAIR problems associated with and the systems available to support deep operations. The monograph first examines Army manuals from battalion through corps level to identify the...
The purpose or this monograph is to evaluate the current capability of Soviet motor rifle and tank battalion commanders. Since the end or World War II, the Soviets have frequently reorganized their ground forces, each time combining arms at lower...
Since World War I, the field artillery has been faced with a dilemma: the delivery of immediately responsive close support fires vs. the delivery of massed artillery fires to destroy or neutralize interdiction and counterfire targets. The first...
This monograph examines the proposed doctrinal command and control interface between the heavy division and the forward Corps Support Battalion, a newly proposed multifunctional battalion. The purpose is to determine if the prescribed interface...
There is an ongoing discussion within the Army's leadership doctrine community which focuses on the question; are there two levels of leadership or are there three? Current leadership doctrine (FM 22-103 Leadership and Command at Senior Levels)...
The purpose of this paper is to employ an historical analysis of a campaign as a case study in order to examine the utility of military theory as a guide to decision making and campaign planning. Specifically, the paper uses the Normandy Campaign...
This study investigates the tactical and operational levels of war. Initially a review of FM 100-5, Operations, is conducted to accurately define these two levels of war and point out the many distinctions or differences which U.S. Army doctrine...
A history of legislation specific to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This history begins with the establishment of Fort Leavenworth in 1827 and continues to the late 19th century.
Recommends a curriculum/program of instruction for the 2d Year Command and Staff Officer Course. The recommendations are based on the author's experience in the 1978-1980 General Staff Course, his assignment as G2, 1. Airborne Division, and...
The Book Department maintained a subscription mailing list for school publications available to any officer in the naval or military service, who desire to keep in touch with the work of The Army Service Schools. Subscribers receive certain map...
The following special questions are presented for consideration and recommendation by the Educational Advisory Board during its meeting at the General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, beginning October 20, 1924. They include, in addition...
A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...
On the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Command and General Staff College and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 7 May 1956, the "Leavenworth Lamp" was officially adopted by the College as the symbol of its...
According to whether they respond to strategical or tactical needs, fortifications may be classified as strategical fortifications and tactical fortifications and are most frequently constructed, in whole or in part, during times of peace, with all...
From the Next War Series edited by Liddell Hart. A discussion of the future of air power, including a summary of air power in the Great War, air power doctrine, Douhet, and lessons learned in Abyssinia, China, and Spain.