Today’s modern warrior should invest vast amounts of time and effort studying military successes as well as failures to better apply lessons learned to today’s battlefield. To elevate our understanding, we must take an in depth look into the...
This is a study of economic conditions in the Philippine Islands, with particular reference to present and future requirements for public utility service, including the manufacture and distribution of ice, as well as power-consuming industries such...
The premise of this monograph is that the Elements of Operational Design are incapable of linking the tactical employment of forces to strategic objectives and that Systemic Operational Design is a viable alternative. This monograph introduces the...
The Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) is the U.S. Army’s single analytical process used to assist the commander and staff in developing estimates and plans for military problem solving. A growing body of research and published works within...
There is a strong institutional push in the Army today emphasizing technology and systematic command processes over human ability as keys to battlefield supremacy. This argument discounts the historically vital role of the ground tactical...
The lectures contained in this document address the following subjects: camps, bivouacs, and outposts, with modifications required by an Indian terrain; marches, space and time (advanced guards and rear guards- considerations also with regard to...
The Russian battles for Grozny, Chechnya provide relevant contemporary examples for the study of urban combat involving modern, conventional forces on one side and a guerrilla force on the other. The first and fourth battles for Grozny, a city of...
The Iguaza Falls, a once popular international tourist destination in the northeast corner of Argentina, is one of most beautiful places in South America. Located in the Tri Border Area (TBA), which is comprised of Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, Foz de...
This study seeks to understand the influence of U.S. military reform on U.S. civil-military relations functioning within a zone of cooperation or conflict between political and military realms during times of war. It seeks to demonstrate how...
The objectives of Engineer are to inform, motivate, increase knowledge, improve performance, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Views ex-pressed are those of the authors and not those of the Department of Defense or its elements. The...
The emerging operational environment of the United States military is characterized by a changing myriad of complex dimensions, the elements of which are often uncomfortably and in some cases drastically different from those encountered during the...
Foreword by Roderick M. Cox: In 1979, the Combat Studies Institute published the first of the Leavenworth Papers. The series afforded the CGSC Faculty the opportunity to present their scholarship to the professional military community seeking to...
Can peace be maintained or gained through acts of violence? Every time I think of this question, I always first think of a nuclear missile we once had in our arsenal, "the peace keeper". What an oxymoron! Apparently it held up to its name because...
The purpose of this paper is to examine an ethical dilemma facing the United States Army, torture interrogations. The following question will set the conditions for understanding how this problem is an ethical dilemma for me. Does the United States...
The purpose of this paper is to examine an ethical dilemma facing the United States Army, torture interrogations. The following question will set the conditions for understanding how this problem is an ethical dilemma for me. Does the United States...
Terrorists have caused the United States of America to enter a war against terrorism. Some argue that the enemy combatants have been tortured. During Operation Iraqi Freedom many United States Soldiers who became captured were tortured and some...
Torture is a subject that most Americans spend little or no time contemplating in a normal day. Our Soldiers face decisions on a daily basis that the common person will never encounter. In this paper, I will discuss one decision in particular;...
Torture is a subject that most Americans spend little or no time contemplating in a nonnal day. Our Soldiers face decisions on a daily basis that the common person will never encounter. In this paper, I will discuss one decision in particular;...
This study is a historical comparison and analysis of individual infantry training program development of the United States Army during World War I and World War II. Each period is examined using available historical records and by focusing on...