This monograph discusses an often forgotten aspect of low-intensity conflict (LIC), tactical airpower. LIC is an environment, not a mission, and as such is often misunderstood. The US view of conflict is primarily Eurocentric and the subtleties of...
The world has experience many complex humanitarian emergencies since the end of the Cold War. These emergencies were primarily the result the impact of war but entailed a great degree of human suffering. The international community responded to...
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage -these are the core values of a United States Army soldier. Instituted by the Army's Chief of Staff in 1998, these values were not intended to replace individual or...
This monograph evaluates the soundness of U.S. movement to contact doctrine towards the offensive meeting battle. The author distinguishes two forms of meeting battle: offensive and defensive. The offensive meeting battle is a continuous struggle...
The purpose of this monograph is to evaluate the doctrinal concepts underlying the U.S. Marine Corps' Small Wars Manual and the U.S. Army's Security Assistance Force (SAF), determining whether they are applicable today against a Maoist-led...
Ground, water, and air methods of invasion add flexibility and strength to the United States' offensive capability. This monograph is designed to examine the current feasibility of large scale joint amphibious operations. It seeks to answer two...
This study analyzes the impact of risk taking and risk avoidance by the opposing operational commanders in the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. General McClellan’s superior force lost this campaign primarily as a result of his...
The purpose of this paper is to employ an historical analysis of a campaign as a case study in order to examine the utility of military theory as a guide to decision making and campaign planning. Specifically, the paper uses the Normandy Campaign...
This paper focuses on relationships between maneuver and counterair operations at the operational level of war. It seeks to determine key elements of air threat protection doctrine in support of operational maneuver. Its methodology first examines...
This study is a historical analysis of the campaign waged by Field Marshal von Manstein on the Russian southern front during the winter 1942-1943. The study begins just after the 6th Army's encirclement in Stalingrad and describes the four...