Successful engagements with opposing forces must always be carefully planned prior to entering into the execution phases of projected conflicts. If senior military leaders fail to perform such processes, the results can always be predicted as...
Six shot, double action revolver with 5 1/2" round barrel. Fluted cylinder is 1 17/32" long. Steel blade front sight. Rear sight in frame. Walnut grips. Side swing revolver used rimless automatic pistol ammunition, fitting three cartridges to a...
Planning for hypothetical wars represented one of the most daunting challenges for the Army in the interwar years (1919-1941). A challenging strategic environment, a weak force lacking in significant capability, and no unified national security...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of plates 7
General description 9-30
Emplacement 9
Carriage 9-10
Action of carriage 10
Principal parts 10
Base ring 10
Traversing roller system 11
Racer 11
Dust guards 11
Azimuth circle and pointer 11-12
Chassis and transoms...
Address upon the subject of library and course of instruction for a National Guard regiment, delivered by Captain William T. Littebrant, 12th Cavalry, to the officers 1st Regiment Missouri National Guard in Camp of Instruction of National Guard of...
The best explanation for studying history was perhaps given by the blind Czech historian Milan
Hubl to the novelist Milan Kundera. “The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its
memory. Destroy its books, its culture, and its history....
Although units use METL for current training, units need to look at current DOD transformation goals for modernizing METLs. In 2001, FM 3-0 was rewritten. It is the fourteenth in a series dating back to 1905. It lays the foundation for the...
In this interview, LTC Eric Walker, US Army, Special Forces, discusses his deployment to Philippines as a SOTF/S3 in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). LTC Walker discusses his role in his operational deployment and the...
This study discusses the events leading up to the start of the war, namely the intense conflict of interest, both political and commercial, of the two nations of Korea and Manchuria.
Characterized by some authors as a rehearsal for the First World War, the Russo-Japanese War was arguably the world's first modern war. During this war, the lethality of weapons on the 20th Century battlefield was clearly demonstrated. Recording...
Military leadership in Communist China is exercised in an environment which emphasizes a policy of Communist Party supremacy over the military. The party has provided for a system of collective leadership within the armed forces whereby decisions...
From 1925 to 1991, the Soviet Red Army attempted to epitomize the union of military and political thought. One may wonder just how the Red Army came to be formed in this manner. This thesis attempts to answer that question by addressing the debate...
Infantry and Cavalry School was redesignated the "School of the Line" by by the War Department, and all schools at Fort Leavenworth were merged into the "Army Service School".
A reprint of the second edition ( of History of Fort Leavenworth) brought up to date by Walter E. Lorence. The original covered the first 110 years of Fort Leavenworth's history and provided a chronology of events that covered the Westward...