This study discusses the events of operations by an American novice division sent to relieve a veteran division and an evaluation of the difficulties observed.
This study discusses the final Allied drive and principal causes of the collapse of the German military machine culminating in the Armistice on November 11, 1918.
This study discusses the geo-strategic importance of Afghanistan in the context of overall Soviet strategy in Southwest Asia. Considered as a Soviet 'backyard' in the past, Afghanistan sprang to limelight in 1979 following the Soviet invasion....
This study discusses the importance morale in war, relation to leadership, and then whether or not the necessity for its inclusion in military training exists.
This study discusses the importance that Statesman and Soldier should mutually understand each other's functions and needs. It addresses the need for coordination of the work of the State, War and Navy Departments is just as necessary in peace as...
This study discusses the infrastructure by contrasting the challenges faced by our national and military leaders in three crisis areas: NEEDS, FUNDING, and MANAGEMENT. NEED is the gap between current conditions and required/desired conditions....
This study discusses the lessons learned from the German operations during the Battle of Guise in World War I and the value of those for future military operations. There is a chronological list of these lessons, as well as the mistakes made by the...
This study discusses the main battle within the area of Canal de L'Escaut and Canal du Nord in the employment of tanks by the British forces, with focus on the plans compared to actual events.
This study discusses the organization of the army and how it should allow for maximum mobility of its forces, that the presence of vehicles may require artificial pathways for transport of units and supplies. The influence in deciding where a...
This study discusses the plans and movements of the British pointing out the lack of aggression in the offensive and a strategic failure to obtain the objective.
This study discusses the possibility of the infantry scheme of maneuver being the best possible under the existing circumstances and in relation to Army doctrine.
This study discusses the procedures that can be used to increase the speed of transmitting and implementing orders for operations that are occurring in real time.
This study discusses the qualities of leadership exercised by Generals Kuropatkin and Stackelburg in connection with the Battle of Wa-Fan-Gou as shown by their actions and orders.
This study discusses the responsibility of the advanced P.M.S.T in the R.O.T.C. when running his military department as the primary mission to train non-coms and officers for a national emergency.
This study discusses the Russo-Polish campaign of 1920. Topics include the enemy situation on the Vistula in 1920 (character and aims of Tuchaczewski), influence of the terrain on the decision of Tuchaczewski in 1920, disposition of the Russian...
This study discusses two possible alternatives for the national dilemma with regard to energy fuel. The methods that will be addressed are: the recovery of natural gas by nuclear stimulation and retorting of oil shale to obtain crude oil. The...
This study discusses two types of airplanes that would be needed to accomplish an aviation's mission in a minor war; one suitable for observation and attack missions; and one for supply, evacuation and troop movements.