A large part of all the history that has been written relates in some way to military operations. The history of the Civil War is useful in keeping alive the military interest of the present generation so that the next may have some civil history...
The history of the 6th Division, written in 1919 by the G-2, includes the organization and training before deployment, movement overseas and final training, operations of occupying Gerardmer and the Meuse-Argonne, post-Armistice activities, return...
Planning is perhaps the most difficult human activity. It is even more problematic when that future is uncertain and the implications of today’s decisions endure for years. For the military, planning is particularly consequential, since poor...
This study investigates the limitations of strategic airlift in light of occurrences during the DESERT SHIELD deployment, and the changing strategic environment. The limitations and their importance are shown through an examination of the changing...
The following monograph is a circumscribed look at the effects of air power on achieving political objectives. It is no way intended to be a commentary on the relative bravery of airmen compared to soldiers and sailors or an attempt to justify...
The National Security Strategy of Georgia describes the possibility of a large-scale military intervention into its territory as one of the major threats to the security of Georgia. The political goals of an aggressor, who may challenge the...
This study is an investigation of the strategic demolitions in front of the German right wing in August-September, 1914, to determine what was actually accomplished by the Allies, the effect of such demolitions on the German advance and battle...
While the nature of war does not change, the conduct and methods available to wage and win wars does. This appears to be the case with respect to hybrid war, an evolving type of war that the United States may soon face. The definition of hybrid war...
This paper addresses the current misunderstanding surrounding the term known as strategic maneuver. Strategic maneuver is considered many different things to include: preclusion operations, moving units from theater to theater, and the use of...
This monograph explores the strategic dilemma facing the Australian Strategic Planning System in the post Cold War environment. Previously the Australian Government and Australian Defense Organization produced Defense White Papers to provide an...
The purpose of this study was to examine technological strategic resource dependence, its potential for conflict in the twenty-first century, and subsequent influences on United States (U.S.) national security policy. In particular, the study...
The objective of this monograph is to first, discern whether the lessons learned from historical cases can be used today, second, develop possible solutions for the operational problems of our most recent deployment into Haiti by considering the...
Blumenthal, Leonhard graf von, Addison, Alexander Dupre Gillespie
A review of the journal of Field-Marshall Count Blumenthal 1866 and 1870-71. Daily recorded observations of the Chief of the Staff of the Second Army of Prussia.
The United States Marine Corps developed Operational Maneuver from the Sea in the 1980s and codified it as a Marine Corps concept in 1996. In brief, Operational Maneuver from the Sea seeks to exploit the sea as maneuver space to defeat access...
Using a methodology consisting of identifying the policy and associated strategy for the initial Afghanistan war period compared to the policy and associated strategy for the current Afghanistan war, the study identifies strategic composition...
A series of four papers covering the following topics: infantry fire formations, marking at rifle matches, the progress of field artillery, and the reconnoitering duties of cavalry. Includes index.
This monograph is a campaign study in the practice of operational art, as viewed through the prism of military theory. The following aspects of military theory are among those considered: center of gravity, decisive and objective points, deception,...
The United States Army's concept to best leverage new technologies and support expanding mission requirements in the twenty-first century is to field a "Strike Force." The initial Strike Force will serve as an interim headquarters, able to rapidly...
Clausewitz's model of war postulates that the attack has a positive aim but the defense is the stronger form of war. Armies past and present have generally accepted the superior strength of the defense, but the degree of superiority has varied with...
This thesis evaluates leadership in the 761st Tank Battalion and the 92d Division, two black units during World War II. Leaders in each unit were evaluated on their ability to use the following leadership model: technical skills (job experience,...