As large scale conventional war with the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact has all but disappeared as a credible threat to the security of the United States, our nation is shifting its defense focus toward the lower end of the operational continuum...
Stability operations are not a recent phenomenon, but have been particularly common since the end of the Cold War. All the major deployments of the US Army since 1991 have involved such operations. In all these deployments, the US Army has been...
This study examines how the American army trained and developed its company-level leaders during the First World War. It highlights the prewar army’s concepts of leadership and explains the limitations of the army’s system for selecting and...
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...
This thesis reviews all commentary on the US response (or lack thereof) to the 1994 Rwanda genocide to identify suggested US responses to a similar situation that may occur in the future. Purpose is to develop a course of action for the US...
This document was compiled under the direction of the editorial staff of the Review of Reviews. Topics include America's principles for world settlement, weapons of war, cost of war, Germany (industrial/political structure), the selective draft,...
This monograph examines the ability of the COSCOM to execute operational logistics tasks in a single corps contingency as outlined in FM 100-7 Decisive Force: The Army in Theater of Operations. The monograph concludes that the COSCOM cannot execute...
This study discusses the 32nd Division encounter with gas warfare in the advance to Fismes and covers types of gases, military operations, German Army movement, and analyzes the actual attack.
Covers the operations of the 391st Armored Field Artillery Battalion in support of the Third Armored Division, from the Roer River to the Rhine River from February 26th to March 7th, 1945. Describes the breaking out of a bridgehead and the leading...
This study discusses the 42nd Division encounter with gas warfare in the Argonne offensive and battle at the Ourcq and covers types of gases, military operations, use of machine guns, and analyzes the actual attack.
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".
This book contains stories from field and general officers commanding in training exercises, most from rotations at the National Training Center. In their stories, they describe their thoughts, their actions, their successes and especially their...
The battle of the Ardennes was historic. The lessons of experience and accomplishments (as well as an opportunity for future forces to learn) are documented by the 84th Infantry Division- this is a preservation of that history. Sections detailing...
US Army Section Military Assistance Group, Vietnam
It has become apparent that in the course of many recent operations large number of Viet Cong have not been apprehended due in large measure to the lack of appreciation by commanders of the importance of, and lack of troop experiences in, the...
A personal narrative of the capture of Fort McAllister and observations of General Sherman during December 13-15, 1864. Sherman received orders from General Grant which eventually led to the South Carolina campaign.
The Department of Defense is releasing for public use and research this multi-volume study giving the "MAGIC" or communications intelligence background of the 1941 Pearl Harbor disaster. In its review of classified records pursuant to E.O. 11652,...
The Department of Defense is releasing for public use and research this multi-volume study giving the "MAGIC" or communications intelligence background of the 1941 Pearl Harbor disaster. In its review of classified records pursuant to E.O. 11652,...
Rules and methods of military construction and fortification; includes observations on the Duke of Richmond's extensive plans of fortification and the new works he has been carrying on since these were set aside by the house of commons in 1786.
An infantry handbook founded on rational method. It is intended to explain in a practical manner the use of military force and improvements in the discipline and movement of armies.