This thesis looks at the importation of rare earth elements which are considered vital to the security of the United States (U.S.) and are used to manufacture products for the U.S. defense industry. The purpose of this thesis is to answer the...
The end of the Cold War changed the international security environment. It created an international environment plagued by wide spread human rights violations, the proliferation of violence, and an increase in the potential use of weapons of mass...
Following the 1994 genocide an estimated two million people fled the country into exile in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group that fled was comprised of a formidable military force in varying states of combat readiness. Seventeen...
This is a study on natural resources in French Indo-China. Subjects include information on mining, forestry, fisheries and game, and water and water power.
The following topics are detailed in this Civil Affairs document on Japan's public health and sanitation: vital statistics; Ministry of Public Health and Welfare; Central Sanitary Administration; health functions in other departments; Public Health...
This document addresses the trade of Japan Proper (including Karafuto) with foreign countries. This includes import and export trade, trade by geographic areas and leading countries, and wartime overseas trade. Second is the trade of Japan Proper...
This study on industry and commerce describes food, textile, lumber and woodworking, chemical, iron and steel, tanning/leather, paper, building materials, and shipbuilding industries in Yugoslavia.
Subjects in this Civil Affairs document about the natural resources in the Philippines include mining, timber and lumbering, fisheries and game, and water and water power.
This thesis examines the question of the scarcity of strategic raw materials and the potential for the interruption or cut-off in the supply of these raw materials to the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Strategic raw...
In the past decade, China's urban population and economy have grown dramatically. China realizes it must maintain steady and secure access to natural resources in order to placate its populace and maintain economic growth. This monograph examines...
In mineral resources, Japan's position was very poor, and the country became more dependent upon outside sources of supply for most raw materials at the outbreak of the war. This handbook on Japan's natural resources includes information on forest...
This sub-course is designed to train the skills necessary for performing tasks related to setting up and march ordering an aiming circle; measuring angles with an aiming circle...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (the Congo) received its independence from Belgium on 30 June 1960. The Congo’s political development from the 1700s to 1960 resulted in a democratically elected Congolese administration that at the time of...
This study is an analysis of the security issues in the North Cape region of northern Norway, including the Svalbard Islands and the continental shelf areas of the Barents Sea. It examines the geostrategic significance of the region, the Soviet...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The purpose of this research is to present the influence of military geography incident to operations involving the movement of a corps from the coast of South China into Manchukuo under the assumption that opposition to Japanese control has...
The geographic element of a nation is the base upon which all other elements are built. Any analysis of a country's military element, therefore, must be done with a clear understanding of its geographic element. The author is of the opinion that...
There is no region of this world that not experienced wars, but while many parts of the world have moved towards greater political and economic stability and co-operation, sub-Saharan Africa remains a cauldron of instability and economic...