Until the end of the Cold War, NATO was the dominant organization for collective security in Europe. Throughout that time it had always been a particular American interest to increase the European contribution to security on the European continent...
The U.S. Army Officer Corps is composed of officers with varying backgrounds, education, experience, commissioning source, and resources required to produce those officers. The Army has invested varying resources depending on the officer and...
Armies share one common characteristic. An Army cannot recruit its military leaders off the street. Every Army must grow its leaders from the nation's young women and men, nurture the youngsters into mature military leaders, and develop senior...
This monograph addresses whether current peace enforcement doctrine (the threat or use of force to compel compliance, in order to maintain or restore peace and support political settlement) is inclusive of historical (ancient) principles. By...
This purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast two insurgencies. I will compare the Apache insurgency and the insurgency in Iraq. I will talk about their failures and success. These two situations are very similar and it seems like the U.S....
This paper will compare and contrast counterinsurgency in the American Indian Wars and the Vietnam War; including three examples from each, and offer insights that can apply to the Global War on Terrorism. As senior military leaders it is...
This paper will compare and contrast three insurgent wars fought against two of the world’s greatest super powers. The Vietnam and Iraq wars saw insurgents fighting against the United States and the Soviet war in Afghanistan. These wars differed...
The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast efforts by the U.S. military to transform. An analysis will identify key factors that led to the need to transform, key policies enacted to effect the desired transformation, the leading forces...
Before humans could write, there were wars and heroes to write about. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast three wars to today and lessons learned: Revolutionary, World War II (WW II), and Vietnam to our current war. The military...
This paper analyzes several military events, and analyses how they have influenced doctrine and tactics in the Army: use of torture in the Franco-Algerian War; the Abu Ghraib Case; Vietnam War.
The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the successes and failures of the British Army engagement in a counter-insurgency operations in Malaya, from 1948 – 1960, and Cyprus, from 1955- 1959. Counterinsurgency is a human...
The reoccurrence of unconventional war is just as relevant today as it was years ago. I will compare the counterinsurgency fight that we face today as compared to the same fight during Vietnam and parts of the Indian War. Although the United States...
Prisoners of War and combatants were investigated in order to define each and to present the
United States definition and policy on both. Prisoners of War (POWs) are easily defined by the
Geneva Conventions and the United States and are treated...
This paper compares and contrasts two examples of military force succeeding or failing in its efforts to achieve cultural understanding as it conducted military operations: the Vietnam War (conflict) and the war with Iraq. Cultural change in the...
Throughout history and currently today, the United States has had to practice the policy of chastisement to defeat insurgents and the policy of attraction to win over the loyalty of the local populace. American forces must constantly change...
The noncommissioned officer has evolved from traditional manual labor to critical thinkers and successful leaders. Advanced technology, education, political acknowledgements have been contributing factor. NCOs are responsible for fulfilling not...
During the Mexican American war and the American Civil war the two Armies were drawn down to a smaller peace time military force requiring the use of often untrained and undisciplined volunteers. The Officers were graduates of the Military Academy...
This paper will cover some changes that the military has made to transform into a better fighting force. Efforts by the U.S. military to transform occurred during a time of change as the need to adapt arose during the various conflicts that the...
U.S. Armed Forces can distinguish from both mistakes and lessons learned of each war, which would culminate in the tactics, techniques, and procedures for counterinsurgency operations in both OIF and OEF. The Viet Cong and (National Liberation...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the United States (US) as the single world superpower, the focus of the Army has shifted its threat paradigm from a focus on the Communist threat to that of multiple threats from both nation...