The Department of Defense is releasing for public use and research this multi-volume study giving the "MAGIC" or communications intelligence background of the 1941 Pearl Harbor disaster. In its review of classified records pursuant to E.O. 11652,...
Since the end of the Cold War, the US has employed its armed forces into a host of contingency operations in countries, such as Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia. More recently, the US has undertaken operations in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of the...
This study examines the planning, execution, and results of U.S. military involvement in the 1970 Cambodian incursions. Named Operation Rockcrusher, the attacks targeted North Vietnamese sanctuaries in officially neutral Cambodia. Strategic...
This anthology presents 14 insightful, personal accounts from those who advised foreign armies in various times and places over the last 100 years. CSI is publishing this occasional paper as a supplement to Occasional Paper 18, "Advising Indigenous...
"This 1941 manual sets forth the nature, types, and purposes of aerial photography with its application to military requirements. The Air Corps functions with respect to aerial photography and the factors affecting the execution of these function...
This study analyzes the scheme of maneuver of the Australian Corps at Amiens in August 1918. From this operation, it is seen that, it is possible to secure strategically and tactical surprise by careful preparations and plans and by the careful and...
This regulation prescribes general policy for administering all fund-raising activities within the Department of the Army (DA). It also specifically defines policy, procedures, and responsibilities for fund-raising in support of the Combined...
Army Ethics keep military members working on one accord and focus on the Army mission. Personal Courage is facing fear, danger, or adversity both physical and moral. Personal courage is not the absence of fear, it is the ability to put fear aside...
A major ethical problem facing the Army today is the ethical climate in the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC). The Army selects their field recruiters, which usually consists of Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) in the ranks of Sergeant...
This newsletter highlights some of the operations and missions over the last several years where Army and Navy forces have operated jointly. This publication is primarily a compilation of articles and interviews published in professional journals...
This paper focuses on the problem of the proper and probable employment with the introduction of the light, fast, fighting vehicle, whether called an armored car and manned by a cavalryman, or a tank and manned by an infantryman. The tank attacks...
The continuing rise of Chinese political and military power has made Americans suspicious of China's intentions in the space domain. For many in the American defense community, the 2007 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) test was the smoking gun that proved...
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
This pamphlet presents material or combat methods used by and against the Japanese and on the effects upon combat of the physical and climatic conditions existing in the theaters where they have been fought. It is designed to assemble in convenient...
This booklet consists of extracts from issues of "Battle Experiences", published in the European Theater of Operations from 1 July 1944 to 1 April 1945. This compilation is intended to present certain ideas and methods evolved during more than nine...
This monograph examines the conduct of biometrically supported census operations as a population control measure in a counterinsurgency campaign. First, the monograph explores why the conduct of such an operation is relevant in the current...
Reconnaissance is a tradition cavalry role. Pamphlet focuses on the mission of mechanized cavalry to provide higher commanders with accurate, complete and timely information. This pamphlet is second in a series of accounts of the work of cavalry...
This monograph investigates the historical use of cavalry in low intensity conflict (LIC). This investigation is to determine the possible strengths and weaknesses of our current light infantry division's reconnaissance squadron in terms of...