This study investigates the Army's post-civil war systemic problems during the Indian Wars within the time frame from 1865 to 1881. It examines the areas of leadership, doctrine, training and equipment. The study considers the Sioux Indians and...
This study investigates the effectiveness of the Army system for preserving unit heritage. Heritage is valuable to units and the Army, and given the cyclical nature of the size and organizational structure, the Army requires an effective...
This monograph develops a conceptual framework for the integration of strongpoints into a defense against Blitzkrieg relying primarily on heavy mobile forces. It is oriented primarily on NATO in Europe, where most of the strongpoints will be on...
Adapting to change is a perennial challenge for military organizations. One of the ways we can help make ourselves equal to this process is by studying the efforts of other armies as they adapted in the face of political, technical, or other kind...
In recent years some theorists have asserted that because of the limitations of ground maneuver, the lethality of the modern battlefield, and the pace of technological change there is a need to replace current conventional warfighting concepts with...
This study is an examination of the impact of battle death in a cohesive unit. The American soldier will fight on a future battlefield that is extended, lethal, and isolated. To operate effectively he will be dispersed in small, cohesive military...
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...
The monograph examines the position held by the Air Force that a single manager of all aviation assets -- an Air Component Commander -- is required for the effective and efficient employment of joint aviation. This concept of an Air Component...
A history of Fort Leavenworth Kansas and the churches and schools on this U.S. Army reservation. The history encompasses Christian churches on the Army reservation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Considerations of the curricula of the Army War College and the Command and General Staff College as to whether the educations meets the Army educational requirements, and the problems involved in the implementation of the Eddy Board directive.
This report is a product of a commission of psychological and educational consultants who surveyed the College and reported on organization, curriculum, instruction, instructors, students, methods of evaluation, use of civilians, and staff training.
This report covers the Educational Survey Conference at the Engineer School, selection testing for prospective CGSC students, and future research on academic reports.
This document announces the Commandant's policies for the conduct of the 1953-54 Examination Program as represented by the recommendations contained in a subject study. This directive is in the form of a faculty memorandum. Its goal was to analyze...
Report of the joint civilian-military Educational Survey Commission which was formed to make an independent review of the present methods of planning, conducting and administering the instruction at the Command and General Staff College.
Topics in this report include college organization, the doctrinal effort, resident and nonresident instruction, administration and operations, activity missions and functions, and areas for special emphasis.
This is a two part document. Part 1 is the Fort Leavenworth of the past- gateway to the old west. Part 2 contains the Fort Leavenworth of the 'present'- guardian of the free world's frontiers (the Command and General Staff College; CGSC in the Army...
Booklet recounts the highlights of Fort Leavenworth's establishment as a frontier outpost, its roll in the development of the Great American West, and its continued contribution to the armies of the Free World in the training program of the United...
Wagner, Arthur L.; Swift, Eben; Dickman, J. T.; Mills, A. L.
This book is not presented to the public as a treatise on strategy, but is intended solely for the use of the student officers at the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry School in connection with a course of lectures. Many features that would be required in...