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 is a case study of the 1923 Greco-Turkish population exchange and asserts the compulsory expulsion effectively prevented genocide of Orthodox Christians living in Asia Minor. To support this argument historical evidence leading up to...
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 paper presents a demonstration of the failure to appreciate the necessity of exhaustive logistical planning in peacetime preparation for war and of providing the means necessary to execute such plans, and to show the unsoundness of unbalanced...
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,...
The debate over the service of black Americans in the U.S. Army centered around three questions: Could they serve? Would they be allowed to serve? And, if allowed, in what capacity would they serve? This is similar to modern debates about the...
This study discusses the 26th Division encounter with gas warfare on the front from Aprement to Flirey and covers types of gases, military operations, lack of training, and analyzes the actual attack and the many mistakes made in using gas.
This study discusses the 26th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Second Battle of the Marne and covers types of gases, instruction in warfare, the German version and analyzes the actual attack.
This study discusses the 29th Division encounter with gas warfare in the Cotes de Meuse and covers types of gases, artillery operations and analyzes the actual attack.
"This is the story of an infantry division. The tale is worth telling because it relates how a group of Americans was formed into a fighting team and how the team remains even though some of the men who compose it pass on. This is the record of the...
Deploying any unit to war is a challenge; but doing it in a Battalion Headquarters Headquarters Company (HHC) under poor leadership is even harder. As First Sergeant (1 SG) I had a unique perspective of the impact poor leadership has on a unit....
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".
The Australian (AS) soldier has a short but very proud military history. In the 104 years since federation the digger, the colloquial name given to the AS soldier, has displayed courage, initiative, and teamwork; the AS Army values. Day to day...
Every day, in many different arenas, leader's ethics are challenged. Many different ethical dilemmas demand our attention, and no two are ever alike. It seems that a great many leaders think that the ethics used while on duty are different from...
Threats to peace, violations of security and challenges to world order, which led to the creation of the United Nations (UN) in 1945 will continue. States and state-like entities will continue to approach the UN with their grievances. The...
Frazier, Paul W.; Newby, Maura; Thomas, Don; Westergart, Chester
1. Thesis Statement: The U.S. opposes guerilla warfare against other countries, a policy that makes the U.S. vulnerable to those countries.
2. Discussion: The U.S. espouses the Laws of Land Warfare, follows the guidelines of the Geneva and Hague...
What can I do to put you in boots today? Recruiters face tough times, trying to sell a lifestyle that in the eyes of many is a one-way trip to the grave. The shock of losing over 2,000 Service members in the War on terrorism weighs heavy on the...
This monograph analyzes the interrelationship between new way the US forces will fight their wars in future 13 effects based operations (EBO) with network centered forces (NCO) 13 and the challenges after the major combat operations (MCO) ended,...
This study addresses the question that, even though such items as strength, ammunition, rations, transportation, equipment, etc., can easily be charted from reports and war diaries, how can the factors that are so essential to true combat strength,...