A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...
The preface states "the author's purpose has not been to write a history of Egypt, but to trace to their probable causes the events which have for the last decade made Egypt so conspicuous a thread in the tangled skein of Old World politics".
They have taken their place in the photo gallery of images branded to memory. They
are the images of humiliation, abuse, torture, and of villages and homes where rape and murder occurred. These images are the atrocities and war crimes committed by...
United States Army Corps of Engineers, 7th regiment
A history of the 7th engineers, 5th division during the World War. The information was taken from Divisional Reports, Regimental Operation Reports, and other official papers.
"Since the invention of gunpowder, fortification has received various improvements, and many have been the books wrote upon this subject, which might incline one to think, that it was arrived to its utmost perfection. . . "
Address upon the subject of library and course of instruction for a National Guard regiment, delivered by Captain William T. Littebrant, 12th Cavalry, to the officers 1st Regiment Missouri National Guard in Camp of Instruction of National Guard of...
This study examines the life and career of Admiral David G. Farragut. Specifically, this paper addresses the primary question: Why was Farragut chosen to command the West Gulf Blockading Squadron? This study seeks to establish the criteria used in...
Operation Desert Storm was one of the most successful military campaigns in United States history. Coalition air forces, led by the United States, waged an intense air campaign designed to weaken the Iraqi army prior to commencement of the ground...
The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 was a cataclysmic international event. Because of the devastation suffered during the genocide, a focused effort at repairing the social fabric of the nation had to take place. The case shows how Rwanda overcame the...
Since the end of the Cold War the British Army has been involved in crowd control operations outside the national boundaries of the United Kingdom. The recent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have caused the traditional British approach of...
Egypt and Palestine offered the British an opportunity to fight a war of movement. Unlike the Western Front, Egypt and Palestine were undeveloped with wide expanses of land. It was ripe for the development of maneuver warfare using the mechanical...
This paper illustrates how attack upon cities is certain to affect to a greater or less extent the morale of the population. An educated public would be least likely to become panic stricken and should be able to withstand, with some degree of...
With the exception of Cuba, US-Latin American relations do not have the specter of Communist influence in the hemisphere distorting the thrust of foreign policy. What does remain is the threat of crises that endangers the viability of the fledgling...
Army Signal School, various; Civilian Advisory Board of the War Department General Staff, various
This unfinished manuscript of a manual on training methods was prepared at the Army Signal School at Ft. Monmouth, N. J. by a group of army officers stationed there, and civilian experts from the Civilian Advisory Board of the War Department...
The accompanying instructions for the care and cleaning of recoil cylinders of seacoast carriages, prepared in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, are published for the use and information of the Coast Artillery.
Iwo Jima was the key to ending the war with Japan ahead of Allied timelines; by securing this key terrain the Allies could apply continuous pressure to the faltering Japanese military and threaten the Japanese homeland by sea, land and air. The...
Two centuries of philosophy and war have informed the latest evolution of the definitions of strategy and operational art defined in the Department of Defense's Joint Publication 1-02. By harmonizing the relationship between strategy and...