Historians generally submit operational art, and modern war for that matter, emerged during the industrial era wars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when national conscription fielded massive armies of corps and divisions. This...
This paper on neutral rights on the high seas and the origins of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War grew out of a much larger and continuing study of the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War. The rights and duties of both neutrals and...
This thesis explores the ability of Massachusetts to conceive, launch, and execute offensive expeditions in relation to the failure of the 1779 Penobscot Expedition. This thesis seeks to highlight the difference between the colony’s success in...
The thesis of this study is that the Continental artillery in the American Revolution, despite its ad hoc beginning and wartime challenges, gradually developed into a professional organization by the end of the war. Rather than operational history...
This paper examines the role of British intelligence operations during the American Revolutionary War as they apply to the British defeat at Yorktown. It begins with a brief history of British intelligence prior to the war, discusses strategic...
This monograph analyzes the British campaign in the Carolinas during the War for Independence from December 1779 through March 1781. The monograph also examines British use of force and the ramifications of the use of force against the southern...
The purpose of this text is to provide the Army with a factual record of the measures taken to offset personnel losses during the various periods of American military history. It begins with the foundation for the replacement system laid during the...
This study is a quantitative analysis of rebel privateers commissioned by the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. Their documented contributions, primarily from primary sources, are compared to those of the Continental Navy. By...
Economic, military, and political science all boast at least one basic theory. But concerning military assistance, the critical nexus between them, that theoretical structure that exists rests on normative assumptions and intuition. Within the...
This thesis examines how the United States (US) Army conducted operations and adapted their tactics during the Indian wars of 1779, through the Second Seminole War, and ending in 1847. During this period, the US Army lacked a comprehensive written...
Using the theme "The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare, 1775--2007," the 2007 Conference of Army Historians featured over sixty formal papers exploring the nature of unconventional warfare and its significance throughout history. The event also...
The history of the Unites States Army Noncommissioned Officer began June 14t\ 1775 with the creation of the Continental Army combining British, French, and Prussian Army traditions. This new NCO saw battle in two different forms; the Continental...
I will discuss how throughout the years the Noncommissioned Officer has been empowered and took on ever increasing responsibilities. They became caretakers of Soldiers and enforcers of discipline. They are responsible for so many vital task needed...
This monograph uses Major General Nathanael Greene's Southern Campaign, 1780-1781, as an historical case study to demonstrate both the validity and the utility of current operational art as it applies to understanding the design and execution of...
Rudyard Kipling once stated that the Non-Commissioned Officer is the backbone of the Army. From the 100 Years War until today’s current battlefield this could have not been a more truthful statement. From the time NCOs were in charge of squads in...
The evolution of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps has greatly improved the quality of our armed forces today. The NCO Corps’ responsibility has grown from the Revolutionary War with Barron Von Stuben’s Regulation for the Good Order and...
Topic: Is the role of the NCO important today vs. their role in the pre-Civil War era. Without their presence, the American military is crippled both in management of the organization and in its front lines. Thesis Statement: The role of the NCO...
Empowerment of the Noncommissioned Officer has steadily increased since the birth of the United States Army. The Noncommissioned Officer Corps could be a lot stronger given all the tools we have if we would start looking at the quality of the NCO...