A comprehensive understanding of the treatment accorded prisoners of war, including capture, transportation, prisons, police and discipline, work, relief societies, and liberation.
The FBI has a long history and established culture as the pre-eminent law enforcement agency in the world. Beginning in the late 1930s, the FBI assumed responsibility for espionage and domestic intelligence investigations. Abuses of domestic...
This monograph discusses the change in the use of mass by U.S. operational artists. As GEN Donn Starry observed, use of military force is based on certain operational concepts. If this is true and the traditional US concept of mass is in limited by...
The military application of the network centric concept is framed by Network Centric Warfare (NCW) which is an emerging operational concept based on the stated vision of future warfare in Joint Vision 2020. In the Information Age, does Network...
Military theorists such as David Alberts contend that information technologies will allow for wider and more rapid sharing of information. In order to take advantage of the emerging possibilities presented by information technologies the theorists...
This paper addresses the principles and sources of laws of land warfare. The author discusses assumptions, the forces, hostilities, spying and war treason, prisoners of war, the sick/wounded/dead, martial law, military government, military...
The conduct of war is regulated by well-established and recognized rules that are designated as the "laws of war" which comprise the written and unwritten rules. This book contains the rules of land warfare in their entirety in addition to...
Basic field manual, volume VII, military law, was published in three parts, as follows: part one- manual for courts-martial; part two- rules of land warfare; and part three- military aid to civil authorities. This document, part two, details basic...
Looks at the meaning of war potential during the later stages of the 18th century and its development during the French Revolution and Napoleonic wars.
The United States Military is one of the most advanced in the world. The advancement of the US military is due mainly to significant steps taken by the US Government to change the Military, with the aim of ensuring that it is up to date, a leader...
Camarda, Joseph A.; Gruenenefelder, Markus A.; Mahoney, Anthony W.; Schindler, Mark K.; Song, Jae K.
Many scholars attribute the victory of the French Army during the Battle of Austerlitz to the genius battle plans of Napoleon; however our research indicates that victory actually stemmed from the reorganization of the French Army during the...
Kocher, Keith
Capers, Garry
Hill, Wilfred
Medina, Aurelio
Thesis Statement:
The British first employed the combined arms concept at Cambrai in 1917 and permanently changed modern land warfare.
Discussion:
On 20 November 1917, the British Third Army launched a surprise attack against the German...
The modern tank was invented in 1916 as a means to mechanically overcome the stalemate of trench warfare brought on by the increased lethality of fires employed during World War I. Its introduction received mixed reviews among British leaders. Some...
The United States has attempted for several decades to assist in the modernization of armies in the Middle East. These armies are rich in tradition and heritage of medieval and pre-modern Islamic armies. Islamic armies possess an ability to...
Prior to entering World War II, the Japanese Navy did a considerable planning and force development in preparation for a single "decisive battle" with the American fleet. The Japanese submarine force entered the war with highly trained crews...