This study is an examination of how the present JCS system evolved in history. By reviewing the character of the U. S. colonial heritage and implications of past command structures, the uniquely American rationale for the current system can be...
This study examines the operations of the 7th Armored Division from 16 December 1944 through 29 January 1945. The focus is on the nature of combat as seen from the perspective of battalion through division-level commanders. The 7th Armored Division...
This study analyzes the process of change in the British Army prior to and during World War II. It is an historical analysis of the development and changes in one of its major fighting formations during peace and war. The study looks at the key...
The courses of instruction presented at the Command and General Staff School during World War II have generally been dismissed as expedients, whose purpose was the production of large quantities of graduates to staff an expanding wartime Army. A...
Throughout history, a common phenomenon of warfare has been the encirclement of the forces of one or both warring factions. The nature of future war -- taking place in a battlefield that will be characterized by fluid activities, greater confusion,...
The purpose of this thesis is to determine how many Active Component and National Guard light infantry divisions are needed in the Army of Excellence (AOE) force structure through a survey of historical and current literature. The study analyzes...
This thesis examines the professional training, including schooling, of the company-level ground maneuver combat unit commanders in the four armored cavalry regiments (ACRs) in the Army National Guard (ARNG). The focus is upon what these commanders...
How did China and Viet Nam each react to the crisis in their relations between 1975 and 1979? Why did the Chinese ultimately wage war against the Vietnamese? This work is an historical case study that addresses these central questions....
'Winning Teams' identifies characteristics successful American infantry divisions had in common during World War II and the extent to which those characteristics were unique. The study discusses stateside training, overseas deployment and first...
This paper examines theories and models of decision-making processes from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a view toward deriving means by which the behavior of a given actor in the national security arena might be systematically fitted to an...
This study is an historical analysis of the Soviet operational use of tank and mechanized corps, and tank armies, in the deliberate defense at the Battle of Kursk in 1943. It centers on the question of how effective was the Red Army in employing...
In September 1863 the Confederate States of America reinforced their Western Theater of Operations by conducting a 950 mile, inter-theater rail movement of two infantry divisions. Within 24 hours of their arrival, almost one-half of these troops...
This study identifies measures that can be taken by commanders to minimize the occurrence and impact of battlefield stress before and during combat. This is achieved through an examination of the writings of the classic military philosophers,...
Since the appearance of the first tanks during World War I, soldiers have been searching for weapons to combat the armored threat and the most effective organizational structure within which to employ them. Ideally, every soldier could be issued an...
This is a detailed study about the US Army Battalion surgeon. Emphasis is devoted to the reasons the Battalion Surgeon was disestablished in the 1970-1980 timeframe, why the position was reestablished in 1984, and the implications for the future....
This study is an historical analysis of the principles utilized by Frederick the Great and General Joseph E. Johnston to conduct war at the operational level. To derive these principles selected campaigns of each are examined. For Frederick these...
This study is an historical analysis of the operational methods of two men who commanded large military formations with great success during World War II: Colonel-General Heinz W. Guderian of the German Army; and General George S. Patton, Jr. of...
This study is an historical analysis of Soviet actions, verbal and actual, following the violation of USSR airspace by Korean Air Lines Flight KE-007 on the morning of 1 September 1983. Soviet and Western primary sources, as well as other...
This study focuses on the operational level of war -- that level which links tactics to strategy. The study seeks to identify and define principles applicable to the operational level of war. If valid, those principles ought to guide and/or govern...
This study is an historical analysis of the employment of the field artillery during the 3rd Corps attack to relieve the American soldiers surrounded at BASTOGNE. The doctrine and training of the field artillery units is examined. This examination...