For the past 40 years, the two U.S. Army corps in Europe have planned for the defense of the Inter-German Border. This defensive orientation has evolved into a science of delay with the hope of eventual counterattack and ultimate restoration of the...
This monograph discusses German general officer casualties in World War II with respect to possible U.S. Army general officer losses in AirLand Battle. Such losses adversely affect both command and control and morale in large unit operations. This...
The purpose or this monograph is to evaluate the current capability of Soviet motor rifle and tank battalion commanders. Since the end or World War II, the Soviets have frequently reorganized their ground forces, each time combining arms at lower...
The monograph discusses the described shift in Soviet Military Doctrine from the offense to the defense. Of particular emphasis is the impact of any such change at the operational level. Soviet history is first examined, beginning with the First...
This monograph discusses the importance of understanding time and space factors that are essential to the maneuver task force's ability to synchronize offensive operations. This monograph argues that a focus on these factors that is clearly...
The Joint doctrine is defined as "fundamental principles that guide the employment of forces of two or more Services in coordinated action toward a common objective. It will be promulgated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in...
A collection of essays written by students of the Combat Studies Institute in celebration of the centennial of the US Army Command and General Staff College.
Includes a listing of the school staff members, instructors, list of graduates, remarks and recommendations, bulletins, and memorandums covering the school year 1937-38.
Includes a listing of the school staff members, instructors, list of graduates, class questionnaire, study of academic performance and grading for the school year 1938-39.
This report is a product of a commission of psychological and educational consultants who surveyed the College and reported on organization, curriculum, instruction, instructors, students, methods of evaluation, use of civilians, and staff training.
This document announces the Commandant's policies for the conduct of the 1953-54 Examination Program as represented by the recommendations contained in a subject study. This directive is in the form of a faculty memorandum. Its goal was to analyze...
In 1926, Dwight D. Eisenhower was first in his class and an honor graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Eisenhower's year at the school was a formative period in his career and prepared him for many of his...
The goal was to develop an optimum organizational structure for the Command and General Staff College, to document the organization and functions of the proposed organization, and to recommend a date or schedule for implementation of the proposed...
This publication brings up to date the original history published by Colonel Elvid Hunt in 1927 and revised by Captain Walter E. Lorence in 1937. It contains a chronology of events from 1937 - 1951.
Schoomaker, F. B.; Kelly, Francis J.; Smith, Woodrow, M.; Marks, Edwin H., Jr.; Loughran, John J.; Bringham, R.M.; Cunningham, W. A.
On 9 September 1960 the Commandant directed that a task force be organized and assigned the task of examining the organization of the Post and College and recommending changes as necessary to improve operations. The order appointing the task force...
This document includes timeframes/dates, duration of the course, curriculum focus, class size and composition, and outside influences/impetus for change.
"Truppenfuhrung", the most important manual of the German Army, is the German Field Service Regulations. The present edition was published on October 17, 1933. This document was "secret" until November 1, 1935, when Part I was released. This is...
Official history published by the Authority of the Minister of National Defence, it begins with the outbreak of hostilities and following Great Britain into the war. This narrative includes close details of mobilization, training, equipping, and...
Contains basic instruction used by infantry, artillery, and aviation for both the offensive and defensive tactics as employed by the Germans in July 1918.
Continuation from II part, contains a narrative of events displaying the facts, seriousness of difficulties encountered, decisions made, results of such and management of the campaign and its effect on the war.