This volume presents the story of Afghanistan's fight against the Soviet Army beginning in 1979 and how the Mujahideen prevailed against a larger and decisively better equipped foe. It provides an understanding of guerrilla field craft and tactics,...
"Since the invention of gunpowder, fortification has received various improvements, and many have been the books wrote upon this subject, which might incline one to think, that it was arrived to its utmost perfection. . . "
The United States has committed to training and equipping the Afghan National Army. This mission is executed primarily by conventional American soldiers, who naturally transfer much of their martial culture to their Afghan partners. This study...
Mao Tse-Tung noted that the Japanese committed five major operational level mistakes during their intervention into China in 1937. He claimed that these mistakes were so severe that they would ultimately cause Japan to fail to achieve its aims. The...
The Soviet Army was ill-equipped and unprepared to fight the Mujahedeen in the Afghanistan countryside. The Tactics used by the Soviet Army and the Mujahedeen, with the backing of foreign nations, resulted in the failure of the Soviet Army to gain...
Afghanistan’s story is tragic. The war-torn and besieged country has been invaded countless times in its long history. Past conquerors include Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and the British Empire twice in the 19th century. It is a country...
This monograph examines whether or not current US Army doctrine is prepared to counter a guerrilla threat in rear areas. Guerrilla groups may comprise the most likely rear area threats in many regions around the world. Consequently, the US Army...
A fim de facilitar o acesso dos leitores à sua ampla e variada coletânea de artigos profissionais militares, a Military Review manterá no site http://MilitaryReview.Army.Mil uma lista atualizada dos temas publicados a partir de 2001. Os artigos...
Desde el año 2001 hasta el presente se han asignado los artículos en nuestro índice anual a la materia o materias más adecuadas sin vincularlos con la materia o materias de los años anteriores. Debido al hecho de que aun no hemos actualizado...
Current Special Forces doctrine is very limited concerning the conduct of guerrilla warfare combat operations in urban environments. The focus of the current doctrine is on conducting combat operations in rural environments. The material...
Forward by Dr. William G. Robertson: The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is pleased to present its latest publication in the Occasional Paper Series, "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There" The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989, by Mr....
Forward by Dr. William G. Robertson: The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is pleased to present its latest publication in the Occasional Paper Series, "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There" The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989, by Mr....
The current U.S. Army involvement in Afghanistan requires an expanded field artillery arsenal of weaponry and munitions. This expansion should include rockets, medium and light howitzers, and pack howitzers. These weapon systems offset the...
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, Historical Division
This narrative has been prepared as a contribution to the history of the Army Air Forces in World War Two. It details the genesis of an American tactical air force in the United Kingdom, establishment of the Ninth Air Force in Great Britain, the...
Las órdenes de operaciones y el liderazgo: complicando la simplicidad. Mayor L. Lance Boothe, Ejército de los EE.UU.; Cuando el Mariscal de Campo alemán Erwin Rommel se preparaba para retomar Cirenaica en África del Norte durante la II GM,...