This paper examines how the nature of the contemporary conflict environment shapes the military contribution to interagency operations. Modern conflict is increasingly centered on a changed manifestation of war from a contest between state based...
In 1917, General Pershing dictated General Orders, No. 8 creating the staff organization of the American Expeditionary Forces and subordinate army corps and division staffs. The new structure was developed in response to modern field conditions and...
The present situation in Afghanistan is not being resolved by the current U.S. strategic approach. Given the recent uptick in insurgent violence, the shift in emphasis with regards to Afghanistan, and the change in presidential administrations, the...
Chaos theory is a poorly understood concept in social science and in military analytical decision making systems. Military decision makers require a multidisciplinary approach of mathematical analysis, modeling and simulation, topology, and...
The United States today finds itself in an era of persistent irregular conflict, the root cause of which may be illegitimate governance within failed or failing states. The resulting instability will likely require future U.S. military and civilian...
The United States Air Force (USAF) faces a fiscally constrained environment today and will likely become even more constrained in the near future. With a reduced budget and important programs and critical functions that require funding, the USAF...
The Armor branch has been the most controversial branch since its appearance. Military thinkers predicted the obsolescence of the weapon system many times, however history proved that the tank is not only viable but also very effective both in the...
Martin van Creveld, a noted theorist, contends that the concept of operational art did not take off in the United States (US) until after the Vietnam War. Conversely, James Schneider, a prominent military theorist, asserts that operational art...
There is a healthy debate about hybrid warfare in American military journals and publications. Much of this discussion describes hybrid threats as a nascent phenomenon, citing the Israeli Defense Force's 2006 struggle against Hezbollah militants in...
Two centuries of philosophy and war have informed the latest evolution of the definitions of strategy and operational art defined in the Department of Defense's Joint Publication 1-02. By harmonizing the relationship between strategy and...
United States military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan demonstrate that adversaries are likely to persist in seeking advantage through asymmetric warfare. Within this context, emerging doctrine on Network Centric Warfare (NCW) and Effects Based...
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, the United States has embarked upon many military operations that were not bound by the traditional framework of revolution or insurgency. States formerly held together by the political logic and financial...
This study assesses the validity and general utility of metaphors used in military theory and doctrine to describe the nature and role of information in military operations. The monograph is an extension of the author's earlier work (Physical...
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This document contains a compilation of important orders issued by the A.E.F. on the subject of supply, with comments by authoritative officers on the various phases of problems.
This document is based on a study made by the French General Staff immediately after the armistice. The first section discusses basic principles: decisive character of tank action; the tank as a strategic rather than tactical weapon; theory that...
Sections of this field service staff manual include staff principles, evacuation, field engineering, equipment and material, maps, orders, organization and road spaces, signal communications, supply, transportation, and miscellaneous forms and...
Partnership for the Americas: the human rights initiative. Admiral Jim Stavridis, U. S. Navy; Alexander T. Roney; and Leana Bresnahan; USSOUTHCOM is the only combatant command with a separate office charged to monitor and coordinate human rights...
French Algeria and British Northern Ireland: Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in Low-Intensity Conflict. Lieutenant Colonel James D. Campbell, Maine Army National Guard; During the late 1950s, after a ruthless counterterrorism campaign in Algeria,...