This monograph examines Operation Eagle Claw, the attempt to rescue the American hostages held in Iran, for planning considerations pertinent to similar operations. It focuses specifically on the principle of war Unity of Command as a command and...
Knowing oneself is critical to efficient and effective operations in any sphere of human endeavor. This is particularly important in the endeavor of warfare where human life is the medium of exchange and the fate of nations lies in the balance. ...
The end of communism changed the global strategic environment marked by a bipolar world and replaced it with uncertainty and a readily defined threat. Over a relatively short period of time, a multipolar world began to emerge while academia and...
The 21st Century has been dubbed an “era of persistent conflict” by U.S. military leaders. As a result, United States’ defense forces will have to operate in environments requiring a variety of “full spectrum operations” for the near...
Successful military operations require proper planning and resources and an Army that is well lead,
trained and equipped. Throughout history, the United States military has fought numerous battles against
enemies throughout the world with great...
The conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in an unparalleled level of cooperation between government agencies in spite of the fact that no codified congressional legislation has directed cooperation. Due to historical precedent and...
"All wars illustrate the importance of the means of speedy communication." The author in a work of two volumes focuses on the importance and role of the telegraph in the course of the Civil War. A historical recounting of events is organized by...
This monograph presents a concept for the employment of US Special Operations Forces in support of UN peace operations. Such operations are likely to continue for the foreseeable future and remain an important component of the National Security...
Uncertainty and confusion in warfare make decision making a challenge. Every commander must determine whether or not the information he has is valid or complete, and whether or not he should wait for additional information which may arrive at any...
This monograph examines the cumulative effect which improvements in information technology have had at the operational level of war. Specifically, it uses the Clausewitzian theory of war to analyze how modern methods of information processing and...
During the 1970’s, the United States of America became one of the nations assaulted by many international terrorists groups. In response to the strikes and the growing international tensions created by these terrorists groups, the United States...
The Nafziger Collection contains a compilation of orders of battle from 1600 to 1945 with over 7000 individual pdf files. It began with the author's interest in Napoleonic Wars, and steadily grew to other areas because of the gaming public's...
In his second of four interviews, Major James Love, an infantryman converted to civil affairs, discusses his deployment as a civil affairs team leader in Echo Company, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion to the Kandahar and Chamkani areas of Afghanistan...
U.S. Army Field Manual 100-5, Operations (FM 100-5), the keystone warfighting manual, lists the culminating point as one of the three key concepts of operational design. It also states that the concept is applicable at the strategic, operational...
This monograph examines USAF fighter doctrine as is applies to contingency operations. The monograph briefly analyzes joint doctrine to describe a model of the operational continuum. This provides a basis to study doctrine covering military...
This monograph asks the question: How does a commander at the operational level command and control his forces to achieve synchronization? The lessons of history suggest that the threads common to successful command and control can be identified....
This work is mainly made up of quotations from original orders, letters and reports, found in the official records of the Union and Confederate armies and relating to the supply of General Sherman's army during the Atlanta Campaign.