Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldering in Iraq Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army The Army has gained a great deal of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan about COIN operations. Here, one of the Army's most experienced...
The text of this book contains the lectures given at the Naval War College between the years 1887 and 1911. The Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Russo-Japanese War are discussed as well as historical narratives and illustrations, foundations...
"EAGLE" passed into history as American's highest field command, after leading four U. S. Armies to victory from England to the Elbe. For the final assault on "Festung Europa" in Germany, "EAGLE" included the First, Third, Ninth and Fifteenth...
An Air University documentary research study, part II of two parts, this includes establishment of the General Headquarters Air Force, the Air Corps and GHQ during 1935-1941, and autonomy for the Army Air Forces as well as appendices, bibliography,...
Contains a series of essays on various military campaigns and operations during World War II and the Vietnam War. All of the documents illustrate both the historical interest of the officer corps and the variety of tactical situations that can be...
Volume I of II, this volume provides in abbreviated form socio-cultural, economic, political and historical background material for a study of the Islamic World from the time of Muhammad to the eve of the first World war. It sets the stage for a...
Volume II of II, this volume serves as an introduction to the study of the Arab-Israeli crisis from the socio-political, historical and military points of view. It takes for its starting point a definition of the crisis as the conflict of two...
This study analyzes the process of change in the British Army prior to and during World War II. It is an historical analysis of the development and changes in one of its major fighting formations during peace and war. The study looks at the key...
Advancements in Science, technology, and industrialization during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries had a subtle and almost undetected impact on the conduct of warfare. The increased lethality of weapons systems, the more efficient...
This thesis examines how Nepal has historically resisted external domination and has survived through the politics of accommodation. Emphasis is placed on Nepal's relations with its two giant neighbors, India and China. The study includes an...
The growing dependence of the industrialized nations on the South Atlantic area, whose value was sufficiently proved during both world wars, increased considerably the importance of this strategic region to the security of the West, since through...
Economic, military, and political science all boast at least one basic theory. But concerning military assistance, the critical nexus between them, that theoretical structure that exists rests on normative assumptions and intuition. Within the...
From late 1962 through mid-1966, President Sukarno of Indonesia sought to gain control of East Malaysia, the northern portion of the island of Borneo, by a combination of political and military means. This process was called Confrontation. His...
After the fall of France in June 1940, criticism of the French military concentrated on their apparent lack of intellectual talent for conceiving and fighting a modern form of war. The swift collapse of France had all too effectively demonstrated...
From the American Revolution to the mid-20th century, the regiment, with only a few exceptions, was a primary Army organization. The regiment was also a primary vehicle for the development of American Army histories and traditions. Because of its...
This study examines the escalation rates and intensity levels of US/ USSR post-WW II confrontations in relation to the number of strategic nuclear weapons available to these nations to determine if a relationship exists. That is, have strategic...
The manner in which the Allied military forces of the First World War were coordinated has had an enormous influence upon subsequent alliance doctrines. The necessity for cooperative military efforts, the detailed coordination of all national...