From 1871 to 1897, France progressively expanded her colonization over Tonkin, in the North of Vietnam, also called Indochine. Three attempts were necessary to completely gain control, then pacify this territory. Navy and Army officers played a...
The history of Fort Sill, Oklahoma has been truly the story of the men who commanded the post. From its foudning in 1869 through the year 1940, 83 men held of the position of Post Commander. Most of these names were names which played an...
This thesis covers a period of transformation in the Army between the large Civil War Army armed primarily with muzzle-loading percussion arms to an Army numbering in the tens of thousands armed with magazine-fed bolt-action repeating rifles by...
Armour is acknowledged by all the leading authorities to be a necessity for the defense of positions of such importance, that the safety of the State would be compromised by their loss or destruction, and a perusal of the following pages will show...
This paper analyzes the Mahdist Revolution in the Sudan from 1881 to 1885. Mohammed Ahmed bin Abdallah proclaimed himself the Mahdi (the expected one or the deliverer in the Islamic faith), and fought the colonial Egyptian government of the Sudan...
In its 130 years of service to the US Army, CGSC transitioned numerous times as an academic center of officer learning. In its early years, the Applicatory School of Cavalry and Infantry, was known derisively as the "kindergarten" where lieutenants...
The following report is divided into three principal sections, dealing with (A) background information, (B) money and credit institutions in1941, and (C) wartime developments. Section A reviews briefly the development of currency and financial...
This paper looks at the Russian conquest of the Caucasian mountaineers (1801-59), the subjugation of Central Asia (1831-81), the reconquest of Central Asia by the Red Army (1918-33), and the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89). The history of...
"The extraordinary importance which the Gruson-Schumann Shielded Mountings have obtained in military science during the last five years has naturally somewhat diverted the public interest from the armoured turrets and batteries of the Gruson...
This study addresses the cadet and military times of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy and the first African-American to serve as a regular Army officer. Lieutenant Flipper...
Egypt has one of the oldest civilizations and proudest national histories in the world with a tradition of a well-maintained, advanced and relevant military force. These experiences provided guidance for developing victory in some of the most...
A history of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, now called the Command and General Staff College. This history was compiled from General Orders of the War Department, annual Reports of Commandants from 1881 to 1908 and other available...
This document describes military uniforms for both officers and enlisted men, from coats, buttons, chevrons, to gloves and spurs. There is also a memoranda pertaining to clothing for retired officers, and sizes and measurements of various clothing...
A large part of all the history that has been written relates in some way to military operations. The history of the Civil War is useful in keeping alive the military interest of the present generation so that the next may have some civil history...
The American Civil War introduced the operational level of war and with its introduction came one of the greatest challenges ever confronted by military commanders--operational command and control. In that regard, the objective of this monograph is...
This monograph examines the employment of irregular forces as a source of operational intelligence. Often, technical methods are the primary (and sometimes the only) source of operational intelligence. Irregular forces, locally recruited...