This effort attempts to provide the reader with an understanding of the dynamics and rational context for Iranian Strategic power projection in the 21st century. Using the Iran-Iraq War as a lens through which to examine Iran during a stressing...
This monograph’s purpose is to explore theory and its impact on military organizational and doctrinal changes during a time of war. Answering the research question will prove useful in contributing to the professional dialogue for the US to...
Powerful nations often find themselves physically and geographically embroiled in the affairs of other nations in the form of empires, protectorate treaties, military occupations, and peacekeeping and stability operations. Generally speaking, they...
This monograph analyzed whether Lieutenant Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck used operational art to defeat British forces in the East African campaign of World War I. British forces were superior in quantity of men and equipment, but slow moving and...
Over the past 60 years, the Sino-Indian relationship has swung from a cool détente to all out war. Many Western international relations theorists applying the "realist" school of thought view China as a dangerous threat to not only the region but...
The bifurcation of global threats since the collapse of the bipolar paradigm, as well as technological proliferation has heightened uncertainty in US Army operations. This uncertainty has manifested in adversaries with broader capabilities to...
The National Guard's origins trace back to the militia of the first settlements in America. Since its inception in 1636, the National Guard has played vital role in the nation's defense from the Revolutionary War to the most recent conflicts in...
Sun Tzu asserts that success is not winning every battle fought, but subduing the enemy's will without fighting. Nevertheless, modern military thought fails to distinguish an enemy's will-to-fight from their means to do so, limiting the ways...
This monograph is about theory and the use of theory to develop doctrine. In light of the dramatic capabilities envisioned for the “Objective Force,” the organized U.S. military mechanism of physical coercion, and the dynamic operational...
Between 1993 and 1995, while serving as the secretary of the Canadian Land Force Doctrine and Tactics Board, the author participated extensively in the process of doctrinal change which eventually resulted in the publishing of new ‘capstone’...
Since the dawn of the age of science, man has attempted to find in technology simple solutions to the difficult problems of warfare. Modern developments in information technology continue this history, offering to provide ways to simplify some...
The U.S. Army is smaller today than at any time since before World War Two. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Army is reducing significantly not only its size but also its forward presence, preferring instead to rely more on power...
Force development trends since the end of the Cold War have dictated a smaller, more lethal force that is capable of rapidly responding to a multitude of contingencies from a CONUS base - force projection. The tremendous growth in information and...
This document focuses on German Christianity and churches under the Weimar Republic (1918-1933), churches under the Nazi regime (1933-1945), church finances, religious education, the clergy, and ecclesiastical statistics.
Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Far East, and Eighth U.S. Army, Military History Section, Japanese Research Division
Part one of three parts, this paper compiled by a number of former officers of the Imperial Japanese Army contains general discussion of the principles and accumulated experience of the Japanese in night combat. Part 2 contains an appendix...
This report covers the activities of Combat Team Twenty-Four, of the 4th Marine Division, during the Iwo Jima Operation, from inception to conclusion. Including planning and preparation, ship movements, landing assault, operation narrative, attack...
Burford, Robert L.; Hutchison, Wylie; Wingfield III, Rufus; Dostie, Eric; Lewis, Loma
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...
The Army is undergoing change. The Army is transforming into a lighter, more readily deployable and efficient fighting force. These changes are evident when one takes into consideration the vast amount of electronic advancements made within the...