This paper on neutral rights on the high seas and the origins of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War grew out of a much larger and continuing study of the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The rights and duties of both neutrals and...
This paper presents in detail the organization of a type field army designed for combat in a mid-intensity conflict, Central Europe, in the 1970's. The methodology used to develop the force is unique to previous published attempts in that combat...
This paper presents topics regarding the military geography of Palestine and Syria, the military system of Egypt and her Asiatic foes, the Battle of Megiddo, and the Battle of Kadesh. There are nine plates included within the document.
This paper provides a critical analysis and assessment of interagency-Department of Defense (DOD) support during combat operations, specifically stability operations during or post-conflict. The general reluctance of the Department of Defense to...
This paper provides Iranian considerations for war gaming from the Iranian perspective. The purpose of this paper is to provide the player representing Iran with a national security strategy. To do this, the paper begins with an analysis of Iran's...
This paper recounts my experience while serving at EUCOM in Germany. I faced many challenges, but providing force protection to the installation was the biggest. The mission involved many agencies and sections and war was looming. I discovered that...
This paper seeks to answer the question of whether or not the modern threat environment should drive U.S. Army Attack Aviation to shift its focus from the deep fight to the close battle. The paper concludes that the modern threat of asymmetric...
This paper seeks to answer the question, “What role should the militaries of the US and their NATO allies play in the counter-narcotics effort in Afghanistan?” This monograph shows the United States (US) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
This paper seeks to examine the changing nature of war and the environment in which it is fought. The fact that America is not applauding its successes at the physical level of war in waging the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and does not perceive the...
This paper studies the US security assistance program to Jordan during the Cold War. There are many publications written about US policy in the Middle East and how the US uses security assistance in its arsenal of tools; and a lot has been written...
This paper traces the development of close air support (CAS) by the United States Marine Corps in World War II. The study examines how the Marines started developing their doctrine in the 1930s and adapted their (CAS) system based on the outcome of...
This paper tries to determine what features of the maintenance training program of the technical services represent problems which warrant improvement and are applicable to any or all of the technical services. Advanced specialist training for...
This paper was prepared by Major Joseph S. C. Smith, CE, author-instructor, Department of Division Operations, United States Army Command and General Staff College for presentation to the Kansas Academy of Science Geology Symposium on 1 May 1964 at...
This paper will address ethical decisions made by the commander of the 3-13th Field Artillery Battalion before and during Operation Iraqi Freedom III. The commander allowed officers of the battalion to go to school during the deployment, but did...
This paper will concentrate on how the NCO Corps has grown in responsibility and prestige, as well as professionalism, and on the relationship of NCOs to Officers, from 1945 until the Present.
Looking back at the time between the Second World War...
This paper will describe the significant events and experiences that shaped the Powell Doctrine and affected the manner in which General Colin Powell applied those principles during his tenure as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)...
This paper will focus on the deployment of my National Guard Unit, B co 1-102nd IN to Afghanistan in
support of OEF 6, and the time at mobilization station, Ft. Bragg NC from 4 January 2006 thru April 2007 .
I will discuss key positive points and...
This paper's purpose is very modest. It answers the thesis question, "Have the ends (interests, goals or objectives) specified in the National Security Strategies (NSS) since 1986, been consistent?" For this study, consistent is defined as whether...
This part three is titled "Period of the Italian campaign from the winter line to Rome" (1 December 1943 to 30 June 1944). Topics include the reorganization of AFHQ in early 1944, personnel staff organizations, and intelligence staff organizations.