This study addresses how operational and strategic commanders best implement strategies to accomplish their specific goals by analyzing the three distinct tasks that strategic commanders must accomplish in order to successfully build the support...
In January 2007, President of the United States George W. Bush announced a strategy called the New Way Forward in Iraq, a departure from the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq announced only thirteen months previous. Additionally, President Bush...
The Army conducts operations in complex environments with Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) partners. Doctrine provides several concepts designed to create and sustain effective partnerships. One of these concepts, the...
Irregular wars generate significant internal political debate over appropriate strategy and resource allocation, a function of the relative complexity and ambiguity of irregular wars. This study examines whether operational commanders in the...
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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...
Causal claims are unavoidable in military affairs. However, causal claims are also insufficient when attempting to understand and intervene in complex environments. Hence, notions of conventional causality must be supplemented with an understanding...
From March through May 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Major Scott Himes served as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander for 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As part of the division's...
Cultural understanding will win or lose any military operation. People within the area of operation are the most important element of cultural understanding. It is essential to learn from previous operations to assist in future operations. Even...
This is our tenth edition of the CGSC Foundation News and it comes during a very busy time in the life of the Foundation. Note that our logo on the cover celebrates our fifth year of support to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. We've...
Thanks for your support of the CGSC Foundation News. It's our pleasure to bring you this second edition of our publication and the first "Annual Report" for our Foundation. Those of you who read our first edition of the News will notice that we've...
In the wake of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, T.E. Lawrence's description of counterinsurgency (COIN) analogous to "eating soup with a knife," has new meaning in our contemporary military. It describes our kinetic conventional army (the knife)...
The proceedings from CSI's fourth annual Military History Symposium held 8-10 Aug, 2006 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and sponsored by US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Topics include security assistance operations, policies, the roles...
This interview with Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus covers his command of Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) from June 2004 through September 2005, and deals specifically with the deployment of the 98th Division...
From 2003 through 2005, when the plan for using elements of the 98th Division (Institutional Training) to train the new Iraqi Army was developed and executed, Brigadier General Richard Sherlock was its assistant division commander for operations....
Having served two tours of duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Colonel Richard O. Hatch brings a unique perspective to the War on Terrorism. First, he was staff judge advocate for the 101st Airborne Division, reporting to (then) Major General...
An examination of ethnic demography, historical governments, political parties, force structure, organization, and partnership efforts within the Iraqi Ministry of Interior includes several recommendations that must be accomplished in order to...
This book contains a detailed account of the United States Army Reserve 98th Division deployment to Iraq in 2004-2005 and its role in building, training, and advising the new Iraqi Army.
This thesis aims to identify lessons learned for future Security Force Assistance efforts by studying America's advisory mission in South Korea. After the invasion of South Korea by North Korea on 25 June 1950, the Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) Army...
Since 1993, the United States has conducted numerous reconstruction and stabilization operations including Operation Joint Endeavor, 1995 to 1996, and the initial stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003 to 2004. Reconstruction and stability...