Understand the lessons learned, during Pilipino Insurgents and Woodrow Wilson Intervention, and how our understandings play a vital part in the success of countering insurgency. How we handle the population has a major role in combating insurgents...
Thesis Statement. Even though the US felt that they had a right to enter into the Philippines since it was an American colony and intervene in Mexico’s internal affairs more attention should have been paid to the culture and needs of the...
This study investigates whether the infantry doctrine used by the Union and Confederate armies in the Battle of Chickamauga followed published doctrine and determines what effect infantry doctrine had on the battle. Beginning with a review of each...
This thesis examines the British experience in Iraq from 1914-1926. Britain invaded Iraq to secure its oil interests and to protect its lines of communication to India. The British initially defeated Ottoman forces and captured the Basra vilayet...
The author defines and analyzes the war aims of the United States in World Wars I and II. Each major aim is examined separately, an attempt is made to show why it was or was not a desirable aim, and then arrive at conclusions regarding the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been and...
The present state of tension between the United States and Iran signifies a failure of current and past diplomatic approaches to influence Iran. Curiously, the Islamic Revolution and the Iranian elections over the last decade indicate that support...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This monograph approached Lieutenant General James M. Gavin as a military theorist and explored his influence as the Army transitioned from World War II to the Cold War. Gavin's theory of future warfare required an army with capability in atomic...
After the 11 September attack, the United States and the international community helped to create an Afghan government that can serve its people. 10 years later there are significant shortfalls in the performance of the Afghan government. As the...
Contains press reviews issued by the Second Section, General Staff, G.H.Q.A.E.F. for October 1, 1918 - June 6, 1919 (enemy, neutral, and Allied press).
Army leaders can learn valuable lessons from history. Understanding successes and
failures of past counterinsurgency campaigns is a critical element in planning current and future
operations of this kind. The Philippine insurrection and the United...
This study examines the political-military insights offered by the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 10 March 1916 to 5 February 1917. This thesis uncovers these insights by examining how Major General Frederick Funston, commander of the United...
This paper covers the mutiny of Company I and is a micro-history of events which took place during the Russian intervention. The mutiny is a little known event in the history of a relatively little unknown expedition launched in the closing months...
I believe that the interventions of the Wilson Administration were failures; however the military missions on the ground were successful. President Wilson fervently believed that the United States had a moral obligation to spread its concepts of...
The analysis of the impact of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in the Great War has fallen into two competing camps. The first believes that the AEF was the war winning factor in coalition warfare. The opposite view holds that the AEF itself...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the United States military utilized full spectrum operation at the battle of Vera Cruz, Mexico. To argue that this was the only tactic that would have worked for a campaign of this type. The United States...
The current operating environment requires the United States military to conduct military information operations throughout the conflict spectrum, during all phases, and across various military operations. A function of the U.S. military is to...
This monograph examines the effect of allowing women into the infantry in the U.S. Army. It focuses on aspects of the moral domain - cohesion, bonding, morale and stress. It attempts to answer the question: Will small level infantry unit (i.e....
The problems in Afghanistan are not simple and there is no single solution. Indeed, the problems in Afghanistan are not limited to Afghanistan. Instead, the problems extend to all of Afghanistan's immediate neighbors as well as, among others, the...