The commander's role throughout military history has been to reduce the uncertainties of war for his own side and increase them for his enemy. Notwithstanding great advances in the arts and sciences of command and control, the best commanders have...
The second annual military symposium took place at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from 14 to 16 September 2004. The symposium brought together civilian historians and military officers for the purpose of discussing a variety of historical case studies...
This pamphlet is designed to provide ideas for the use of military history and military history related activities in fostering professional development. The ideas presented here, with some exceptions, do not require great expertise in the...
Engaged in a spectrum from full-scale combat to stability and support operations, the military is faced with an ever-changing environment in which to use its combat power. For instance, it is axiomatic that the massive application of firepower...
This study is organized in three parts. The first part is based on the assumption that in order to take a city apart one must first know how to put it together. A substantial literature on urban design, planning, and management has never been...
This work examines the use of tanks in urban warfare. It seeks to provide insight and a historical precedence on the wisdom of employing tanks in an inherently dangerous dimension of the modern battlefield, intensifying the shortcomings in...
1st Calvary Division Operational Report for the period ending January 31, 1968, detailing operations on the Bong Son Plain, Pershing Area of Operations and the Jeb Stuart Area of Operations.
Details operations of the 4th infantry for the quarter ending July 31, 1968 including Operation Mac Arthur, the conducting of reconnaissance and surveillance of the Cambodian Border and the support of the Edap Enang Resettlement Program.
Operational report for the quarter ending January 31, 1967 for the 4th Infantry Division detailing involvement in Operation Paul Revere IV, Operation Sam Houston.
Operational report for the period ending July 31, 1968 detailing operations of the 1st Infantry Division, including involvement in Operation ToanThan and operations in the Binn Duong and Binh Long Provinces.
The purpose of this text is to state the basic policies and procedures for the establishment of censorship control over the communications of civilians residing in occupied or controlled territory. Topics include general planning and operational...
Poses the question of whether small infantry unit tactical training and doctrine should be modified to include marching fire as part of the tactical training of the infantry soldier and whether it should be included in the accepted tactical...
In an address to the 2d command class at the Fort Leavenworth C&GS School, Brig. Gen. D. O. Hickey discusses the tools and potentials of emerging science and technology.
Edited and condensed minutes of the Army Ground Forces Ordnance Conference held during the period of March 1-5, 1948. Discussions involve the principles of ordnance troop service, Officers Reserve Corps training, National Guard training, problems...
First part covers the history of the Army Schools, covering three general periods: 1900-1939, the system with relation to mobilization and World War II and the system since World War II. The second part of the document discusses the present...
Educational document on the subject of Military government. Discusses military government plans, functions, personnel, proclamations, ordinances, orders and instructions, and military tribunals.
Studies and makes recommendations on a proposal by the president of the Naval War College, that the Armed Forces standardize the following basic forms: Estimate of the Situation, Formulation of Plans and Order Form (Army Field Order).
Purpose of study is to examine on a limited scope the development of the policies governing FAC operations which resulted in two diametrical combat situations; to associate elements of these situations and the questions which they bring up with the...
Contains selected documents that place at the student's disposal the type of intimate detailed and pertinent source material that may otherwise remain buried in archives and files. Attempts to present information on "how" in practical, war-tested...