Communicating official messages to soldiers within the United States Army is an endeavor that leaders at every level have conducted since the inception of the organization. Army doctrine links communication to leadership via the terminological...
United States Special Forces have established a well-deserved reputation as experts in direct action operations to kill or capture high-value targets over the course of the Global War on Terror. In doing so, they have neglected their core mission...
Major General Melvin Zais, a second generation Russian American, orchestrated the battle between the 29th Regiment of the People's Army of Vietnam and the 101st Airborne Division around Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), Vietnam. General Zais, focused...
The purpose of this monograph is to analyze the Heavy Brigade Combat Team's (HBCT) engineer force structure to answer the question: Does the HBCT have the necessary embedded engineer capabilities to conduct full spectrum operations, rapidly...
This monograph proposes that current Army doctrine provides an adequate tool to achieve the desired results proposed in the concepts of operational Design. Because Army doctrine prescribes approaches that solve problems, it is important to...
This study examines the effects of democratizing Iraq in relation to the stability of the state. The international relations theory of the democratic peace states that democracies do not fight one another. Elements of the theory have been applied...
Army engineers operate increasingly as members of joint and multinational forces. Although doctrine reflects this reality, it is ambiguous regarding how commanders can best structure a headquarters capable of employing joint and multinational...
This digital collection contains the diaries and other related items of soldiers, many from Iowa, who fought in the American Civil War (1861-1865). Their accounts offer valuable insight on their day-to-day activities, accounts of battles, and...
Table of contents: Geographical and Political Factors; Events leading up to the War--Organisation of The Armies--Strategical Considerations; Narrative of the Land Operations up to the Battle op Liao-Yang; Narrative of the Events Preceding the...
This bibliography, the fourth in a series on the United Nations, contains only English-language monographs published between 1945 and 2002. It does not include articles from journals or any titles that were published by or under the auspices of the...
FM 100-20, Military Operations in Low-Intensity Conflict, published in January 1981, provides a wealth of badly needed material on a LIC conflict and a LIC environment. Yet, there is no guide on a type of organization that could operate in a LIC...
This set of topographic maps of pre World War II Germany, originally printed by the German government, were confiscated by the British and U.S. military after the war. Most of these maps are reprints by the British Geographical Section, General...
Chatman, Jeffrey L.; Edwards, John D. ; Moyer, Dan T.; Wilkinson, David W.
Throughout history, Combined Arms Operations played a vital role in a conventional theatre of operations. Current doctrine in the Global War on Terrorism shows Combined Arms Operations can adapt in an asymmetric operating environment. Additionally,...
Counter Insurgency operations have been ongoing since the inception of our Army. Over the years we have had to learn different Tactics Techniques and Procedures to stay abreast of counter insurgency warfare. Today units must learn to integrate...
As combined arms operations increase in counter insurgency operations Aviation will play a large role in determining capabilities. Army Aviation has been involved in counter insurgency warfare since the Vietnam War with great success. The use of...
The purpose of this is to show how the United States Army combined arms operations are necessary to obtain success on today’s battlefield. Combined arms operations have greatly evolved from the American Revolutionary War to today’s Global War...
The United States Army has continued to evolve its combat training to meet emerging world threats. Starting in the late 1980s, the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) started focusing its training philosophy towards a new umbrella concept that...
Combined Arms Research Library (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College)
This collection was provided through the generous donation of George Nafziger to the Combined Arms Research Library. The Nafziger Orders Of Battle Collection contains a compilation of 7985 individual orders of battle from 1600 to 1945. It began...
This is a written report from Yemen during the stay of the Special Diplomatic Mission in 1946. It addresses topics like Yemeni philosophy, law enforcement, schools, libraries, qat, the Yemeni Army, succession to the throne, Seif el Islam Abdallah,...
During the Cold War, combined arms heavy force tactics dictated that forces should avoid urban areas when possible. However, since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom, heavy forces have fought in every urban area in Iraq. The United States...