The object of this book has been to collect all the different details relating to the acquisition and transmission of information in the field in one book. Includes use of the cavalry in reconnaissance, importance of information, intelligence staff...
The year 1993 marks the 20th anniversary of the Army’s establishment -- on 1 July 1973--0f the Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, as the major innovation in its post-Vietnam War reorganization. Skeptics were free with predictions that...
This is a report of the Army and Navy officer Board for the purpose of examining and reporting to Congress which of the navy-yards or arsenals owned by the Government has the best location and is best adapted for the establishment of a Government...
Catalog of munitions available from the Bethlehem Steel Company with descriptions, characteristics, and illustrations. Includes a history of the company. Document is in English and Spanish.
Headquarters, Far East Command, Military Intelligence Section, General Staff
A history of the political development of North Korea and the Korean War. Discusses historical background, the evolution of Korean forces in Manchuria and North Korea, military operations in Korea, histories of North Korean units, the military...
This monograph focuses on the use of analysis in combat operations and concentrates in the utilization of techniques in situations which the authors were personally familiar. It primarily covers the systematic blending of military judgment, data...
Albright, John; Cash, John A.; Sandstrum, Allan W.
These accounts of fighting in Vietnam are based on official U.S. Army records- daily journals, journal files, after action reports, interviews conducted soon after the events by historical officers in Vietnam, and upon interviews and correspondence...
This paper discusses the signal communications installed before the Second Battle of the Marne, by the Third Division, the effect of bombardment upon the signal systems, and analysis of the events and results in transmissions. Includes some...
This paper presents an excellent example of the application of methodology in an examination of sources; including a complete analysis of the admissibility of external criticism, and a brief consideration of the credibility of internal criticism as...
The conscript system is currently used by a large number of countries, including the majority of small nations. This study examines the appropriateness and effectiveness of a conscript military forces (foreign) as a credible defense system for...
This study is an historical analysis of the demonstrated leadership attributes of three World War II commanders in the European Theater, 1944-45: General William H. Simpson, Ninth Army Commander; Major General Troy H. Middleton, VIII Corps...
Advancements in Science, technology, and industrialization during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries had a subtle and almost undetected impact on the conduct of warfare. The increased lethality of weapons systems, the more efficient...
This thesis studies Lebanon in the Middle East Subordinate System. It outlines Lebanon's individuality, the people's attitudinal prisms, and their attachment to Western values and ethics, as well as their link to the hinterland through Lebanon's...
Language competence has long been recognized as a required skill in the collection and analysis of intelligence. Previous experience in coalition warfare and current efforts at multilateral defense reveal the need for facility in other languages in...
This study examines the evolution of the German Army's defensive doctrine on the Russian Front from 1941 to 1945. It begins by reviewing prewar doctrine as expressed in German field manuals and professional journals. German defensive techniques are...
The growing dependence of the industrialized nations on the South Atlantic area, whose value was sufficiently proved during both world wars, increased considerably the importance of this strategic region to the security of the West, since through...
This study examines the development of US airpower theory and its major applications. The focus of the study is on offensive applications of airpower and on interdiction and strategic bombing in particular. The study reveals that a mature airpower...
This thesis examines Brigadier General Henry A. Wise's involvement in the Western Virginia Campaign of 1861. This Confederate defeat resulted in the Federal occupation of a large, strategically important section of the Confederacy in the first year...
This thesis examines the origins of the 1973 Middle East War from a military perspective. It traces the development of the Israeli Defense Force doctrine and organization through the wars preceding that of 1973. The effects of certain political and...