The United States has held strong national interest in Panama since the 1840s. This interest was demonstrated by the building of the Panama Canal, its ensuing operation, and numerous military interventions into Panama concluding with Operation Just...
Thesis Statement: Turning over the Panama Canal has been a positive action for the countries of Panama and the United States.
The quest for a route to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America has been a vision since the...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1922. The document includes sections on canal operations and trade via Panama, business operations, government, administration, and financial and statistical statements.
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1921. The document includes four sections detailing the canal operation and trade via Panama, business operations, government, administration, and financial and statistical...
This is the annual report of the governor of the Panama Canal for 1923. The document addresses canal operations and trade via Panama (traffic, water supply, accidents, salvage operations, etc.). The second section discusses general business...
Ministry of National Defence, Historical Service of the Army
Without prejudging the official historical account which will be published in due time, the object of this pamphlet is to place the Belgian Army Campaign of May 1940 in its true perspective, in relation with the Allies' General plan of operations....
This monograph studies the failure of Operation MUSKETEER to achieve both its military and political objectives. The study examines an important facet of combined warfare, the conduct of a combined contingency operation. The monograph utilizes a...
Powerful nations often find themselves physically and geographically embroiled in the affairs of other nations in the form of empires, protectorate treaties, military occupations, and peacekeeping and stability operations. Generally speaking, they...
This study is a historical analysis of two definitive periods of the conflict between Israel and Egypt - the War of Attrition between July 1967 and August 1970, and the period of "No Peace, No War" between August 1970 and 6 October 1973. The study...
Panama began its modern history as a semi-colonial appendage of the United States (US). Since gaining independence in 1903, Panama witnessed both elitist quasi-democratic governments and authoritarian populist governments. The oligarchic system in...
With the exception of Cuba, US-Latin American relations do not have the specter of Communist influence in the hemisphere distorting the thrust of foreign policy. What does remain is the threat of crises that endangers the viability of the fledgling...
The 1956 Suez Crisis is the first example of a preemptive strike after World War II. The episode provides lessons about the lengths to which nations will go to secure their interests and the limits of the United Nation 's influence. How the UN...
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...
The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) celebrated their twentieth anniversary in the Sinai Desert in 2002. During the past twenty years there has hardly been a shot fired in anger between Egypt and Israel, the antagonists the MFO is charged...
This monograph analyzes the 1973 Sinai Campaign in light of the theoretical implications that this historical model has to offer the professional soldier. Following a chronological format, this paper discusses the major elements of the planning and...
Perhaps one of the most controversial theories proposed by the l9th century military theorist and historian, Carl von Clausewitz, was the proposition that the defense, not the offense, was the stronger form of war. This is the second of two...
Historical narrative detailing the actions of the British Army Group. Subjects included: operation plan, after action casualties, final summary, participation in Operation Cobra, Falaise Pocket, and points of interest.