Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) is an increasingly complex and challenging aspect of maritime warfare. Technologically advanced countries such as Germany, Sweden, and France continue to develop advances in diesel submarine technology that make these...
Griffith, Samuel B., II, tr.; Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
This is a translation of Mao Tzu Tung's "Yu chi chan", otherwise known as "Guerrilla warfare". In July 1941, the undeclared war between China and Japan entered its fifth year. One of the most significant features of the struggle had been the...
It was August 1990 and a young, newly promoted Sergeant had just volunteered for combat duty in Iraq. This was not an unusual thing to do at the time except he was in his first year of marriage. I was not looking to hurt his family or break his...
Handel (1989) stated that deception is an attempt to manipulate an adversary’s perceptions in order to gain a competitive edge. History has shown that inferior forces can gain both tactical and strategic advantage through the proper use of...
In 1973, Israel found itself fighting its fifth major war against its Arab neighbors since achieving independence 25 years previously. This was a war in which both sides designed their military strategies within the framework of the political...
My Noncommissioned Officer started with knows what an NCO is. They are is a leaders with leadership as defined in FM 22-100 “Leadership is influencing people—by providing purpose, direction, and motivation—while operating to accomplish the...
The dominance of the U.S. Army’s conventional capabilities has forced our adversaries to generate asymmetric techniques in order to marginalize our advantages. One technique they may pursue is to target our extensive use of information...
The Slovak Army has recently become a professional Army. We have started recruiting our professional Soldiers. In this paper I tried to describe Slovakian recruiting policy, which for me seems to be an ethical problem. Even though we have a...
This monograph examines the conduct of operations of the United States' Eighth Army under the command of General Matthew B. Ridgway in the Korean War. During the period of Ridgway's command, from late December of 1950 through April of 1951, the...
One of the greatest impediments to the hardening and networking of the Australian Army has been entrenched Corps-based tribalism. The focus on Corps superiority has led to a mind-set that does not readily accept the necessity for a combined arms...
A clear understanding of the events that lead up to and transpired during Word War II (WWII), Korea and the Vietnam War will assist our military leaders, civilian leaders, general population, to strive to shed light on the social as well as the...
This study traces the development of the United States Army's airborne concept during World War II. More than any other precedent, German airborne operations against Crete influenced the evolution of U.S. Army airborne doctrine, organization and...
This monograph analyzes the leadership characteristics that suggest a rapid acceptance of changing conditions in warfare among senior leaders and which leadership characteristics tend to suggest a more conservative approach. This conservative...
Abstract: Public opinion of the United States has seen a tumultuous change in the past five years. The sequential decline began after the United States became involved in Afghanistan and Iraq. At this point in time the world disregards the...
My first direct experience working as a part of a Joint-Force Team came during preparation for Iraqi Freedom. I was assigned to the 3D Corps Support Command (3rd COSCOM) in Wiesbaden, Germany. As an infantryman I didn’t know what the COSCOM’s...
Core values have a prominent place in the leadership training and education, and character development programs of the United States Armed Forces. Without question, leadership and character development are critical to any military establishment and...
This paper proposes a working theory of operational art as practiced in counterinsurgency war (i.e., modern war). The underlying hypothesis of the paper is that operational art in modern war uses different logic than that used in conventional war....
This monograph evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese foreign policy towards Africa, discusses the history of engagement of the People's Republic of China with the African continent, and examines the implications of this relationship in...
This monograph examines the employment of a European based U.S. heavy division in a contingency in the Middle East. Applicable theory is described and developed against the historical lens of armored campaigns in desert regions and then is used to...
Noncommissioned Officers of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (W AAC) and later the Women's Army Corps (WAC) made significant contributions throughout its thirty-six year history. They possessed patriotism and supported the men of the Army by...