Military history is one of the most effectual means of learning the art of war in time or peace, and the most solid basis of assimilating its great principles. This document regarding the principles of strategy describes to the reader the positive...
When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...
This document contains a selection of the records of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. The documents contained within this volume were selected to show the development of policy in General Headquarters, A.E.F., as the operations of...
This monograph was one of a series prepared by the faculty of the Quartermaster Corps School dealing with the operations of the Quartermaster Corps during the World War. It reveals some of the lessons learned of the World War on the subject of...
When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...
When the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) arrived in France in 1917, AEF authorities decided to reorganize the Army's division and higher level staffs to be more in line with their French and British counterparts. The reorganization required an...
The text is based on prescribed War Department policies and doctrines and represents the views on training of the General Service Schools. Chapters contain information regarding: general principles of training; forces subject to training; training...
The aim of this book is to teach the principles of minor tactics by applying them in a practical way to the handling of small units, varying in size from a patrol to a regiment. Infantry regiments, infantry battalions, cavalry patrol,...
This article is from the Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States, Jan-Feb, 1910, vol XLVI, no. CLXIII, p 1-24. The author defines pacification thus: Pacification includes all means, short of actual war, used by the...
This document describes the military affairs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and exhibits the organization of these national forces as it was immediately before the beginning of World War I.
Translated from the Revue Militaire des Armees Etrangers, France, 1033-1036, December, 1913 & Jan. Feb. & March, 1914. Explains the military situation and capabilities of Japan.
This document describes Russia’s involvement in the West, Bolshevik general policies in the East and relations with the Asiatic states, the potential effect of Nazi-Bolshevik cooperation in the East, and American policy.
This is a study of economic conditions in the Philippine Islands, with particular reference to present and future requirements for public utility service, including the manufacture and distribution of ice, as well as power-consuming industries such...
This document offers a brief discussion of the general organization of a combat division, the functions of command and staff, the tactics and technique of the separate branches, and combat orders. Chapters include the following subject headings:...
Report from the Military Attache, Berlin. Discusses the history of the German General Staff school system. Looks at academic and administrative organizations. Also discusses military organizations and weapons and tactical doctrine.
Discusses the training of officers, noncommissioned officers and troops in minor tactics. Covers an advance guard, posting an outpost, operations of an outpost support, a reconnoitering patrol, the operations of a patrol, a platoon in attack, a...
Paper sets forth the principles meant to govern the joint action of the Army and Navy in cost defense, the action of the Navy in coast defense, the system of coast defense to be employed by the Army, and the procedure to be followed by the Army in...