This study investigates a methodology to develop naval doctrine for the U.S. Navy. It does not write doctrine, but presents a process to produce a workable doctrine encompassing theory, missions, organization, history, and documents currently in...
This study traces the development of Special Forces (SF) missions from the OSS in 1944 to the present to determine how the doctrinal missions evolved. Five specific operations/events are examined; including the Jedburghs and Operational Groups in...
This study analyzes the strategic implications of the dynastic succession of Kim Jong Il for U.S. foreign policy towards North Korea. The proliferation of nuclear weapons by North Korea threatens vital U.S. interests in Northeast Asia and...
This monograph provides a definition of military geography as it relates to the application of operational art, and a recommended framework for the assessment of the influence of military geography in operational level planning. Its focus is the...
The purpose of this monograph is to examine the relationship of the operational commander with the media in the context of theater operations. The importance of maintaining the passion of a nation-state to conduct military operations to attain...
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...
JCS Pub 2 charges all services to “prepare for war and operations short of war”. The U.S. Army has further defined operations short of war as military involvement in low intensity conflict. While the Army has made some effort at improving its...
Recent conflicts have provided valuable glimpses at the lethality of the modern battlefield and the vulnerability of ground troops to air attack. The 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1982 Lebanese War in the Bekaa Valley and the War in the Falklands...
Recent conflicts have provided valuable glimpses at the lethality of the modern battlefield and the vulnerability of large formations, command and control nodes, and air defense elements. The 1967 Six Day War, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the 1982...
Ground, water, and air methods of invasion add flexibility and strength to the United States' offensive capability. This monograph is designed to examine the current feasibility of large scale joint amphibious operations. It seeks to answer two...
The light infantry division has been a source of considerable conflict within Army circles since its inception in 1984. At the heart of the matter is the ideological difference between the U.S. and European concepts of what makes an infantry unit,...
Chemical weapons were introduced in World War I by the Germans in 1916, during the battle of Ypres. The military's appreciation for the effectiveness of this weapon of mass destruction has continually conflicted with society's horror of its cruel...
The challenge of adapting to emerging technologies is difficult and important to future success on the battlefield. One area in which recent technological advancements have influenced military operations is electronic warfare. This study examines...
The purpose of this monograph is to explore the relationship between the emerging U.S. Army doctrinal concept of expeditionary warfare and logistical support of U.S. Army Special Forces. By first defining expeditionary warfare, exploring the role...
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...
Pursuant to the invitation of the Commandant, a survey of the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College was conducted by the Educational Survey Commission during the period 27 September-20 November 1962. The terms of reference of the Commission...
Translated and edited at the War College from the French language. Contains information on commanding artillery units, mission execution, and defensive fires.
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.
Carrying out a gas attack is the most technical and most dangerous of war's problems, not alone to those taking part in it as in the part of airplane work, but also to all friendly troops for miles around.
A translation of a French official document of July 1917, this is the amendment to the instructions covering the object and the conditions of a combined offensive action. Includes definitions and discussions of the plan and scheme of operations and...