The study presents a consideration of searchlight employment in some operations involving seacoast defense and the attack and defense of river lines. The purpose of the study was to develop through examination of past and present methods of...
This study describes the Syrian expedition and the second Austrian invasion in World War I. Terrain, plans and operations, Serbian dispositions after the first invasion, the Syrmian expedition, the second Austrian invasion, operations in the...
This document is a study of the effect of increased radius of action on Air Force operations. Military doctrine and primary function (modified operation of both supporting and independent) are major topics. The subheadings under doctrine include...
This paper discusses the issues of animal management including procuring, issuing, conditioning, training, feeding, care, disposal, cost and depots by the Remount Service and why it was needed in addition to the cavalry.
This paper presents historical examples from the First World War, the Battle of Cannae, and the Battle of Chancellorsville regarding the use of maneuver in defense. Emphasis is placed on the commander and his role in maintaining maneuverability of...
In this study, the author reveals that the German system of evacuation and hospitalization was defective in its organization. There was not sufficient medical department personnel for the proper operation of aid stations, and treatment and...
This study discusses the Russo-Polish campaign of 1920. Topics include the enemy situation on the Vistula in 1920 (character and aims of Tuchaczewski), influence of the terrain on the decision of Tuchaczewski in 1920, disposition of the Russian...
This paper discusses air defense of the United States, defining the boundaries of zone of the interior, the amount necessary, proper organization, and control.
This study discusses the French X Corps in the Battle of the Marne in World War I. The chapters are broken up by dates, starting with September 6, 1914, and ending with September 9, 1914. There are several maps and sketches within the document...
This paper is a critical analysis of the Battle of Gumbinnen, based on a translation from Tannenberg by Walter Elze. Contained in the document are directives, orders and telegrams pertaining to the Eighth Army.
This paper is a critical analysis of the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, with conclusions concerning the differences that might have resulted in the organization for defense and the direction of attack had present-day organization,...
This paper presents information on the forms of attack that may be expected against harbor defenses, general functions and the composition of a harbor defense, the separate functions of the Navy, the Air Corps, and the Coast Artillery in harbor...
This study presents topics which include the value of visual education, past and present use of motion pictures for instruction in the United States Army, recent developments of film and equipment and its effect on visual education, and...
This study investigates the effect of the U.S. sponsored Counter-Drug effort of the 1980s and 1990s on the bilateral relationship between the neighboring South American Republics of Ecuador and Colombia. The historical U.S.-Ecuadorian-Colombian...
The United States Army Chemical School faces many challenges in training and educating chemical officers for the future. This thesis investigates the question of whether studying the history of chemical warfare can prepare chemical officers to...
This thesis adopts the adversary's perspective to consider the revolution in military affairs, thereby breaking free of the intellectual constraints imposed by the American paradigm of warfare, doctrine and force structure. The adversary's need to...
This study investigates the role of the United States Army conducting the mission of park custodians of the California National Parks for the period of 1891 to 1914. Limited information on this subject is consolidated as only a few historians have...
This study investigates Afghanistan influences in the Tajikistan civil war. Ongoing conflict in Afghanistan overlaps the Tajikistan conflict developing after the USSR's 1991 breakup. The Tajikistan civil war includes elements of ethnic, religious...
This thesis examines the tactical employment of decoys. The Army invested approximately $7.5M into fielding multispectral (visual and thermal) tactical decoys. Initially, many company commanders were reluctant to include the decoys in their...
Since early 2002, the U.S. military has relearned COIN at the tactical, operational and strategic levels of war for both special operations and conventional forces in order to meet the security and stability requirements of both Afghanistan and...