The United States enjoys a significant benefit from the dollar’s status as the predominant international currency. These financial benefits translate into increased state power through autonomy and the ability to shape the rules of the...
The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the impact of balance of payment considerations upon our logistical posture in Western Europe, 1960-1974, and to identify any changes that may be dictated to related Department of Defense policies and...
The Army's transformation to the brigade combat team (BCT) as its primary combat employment unit has come at the cost of reduced organic firepower and armor under the modular force concept. As a result, greater emphasis and dependence will likely...
Aldrich, Kenneth; Cohran, Vince; McGraw, Dan; Nagele, Robin
Thesis Statement: The United States position as global superpower is weakening and may end abruptly within a generation.
Discussion: The United States is at great risk of losing its status as the World's sole superpower within 10-20 years. This...
Current defense budget climate indicates that each Service within the Department of Defense (DOD) can expect substantial reductions. The challenge facing DOD is how to reduce its budget while being engaged in counter-insurgency and stability...
The thesis addresses the fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) issues associated with contingency contracts that DoD has faced for the last nine years. The topic was chosen because of the potential impact it could have on the national debt, military pay...
Raines, Steven; Nunez-Acosta, Jaime; Calderon, Bobby; Leach, Michael; Lopez, Chris
Current troop levels are inadequate to sustain the current full-spectrum operations on the Global War on Terror specifically in Iraq and Afghanistan. Specifically, a larger Army would benefit soldiers by alleviating the current unit rotation demand...
Soto, Salvador
Foster, Tyrone L.
Hendry, Kevin R.
Maze, Russell G.
Reese,Wilberdean
Thesis Statement:
To avoid any more Task Force Smiths, The United states must maintain its present force of professional soldiers.
Discussion: An analysis of previous drawdowns shows that the present reduction of professional soldiers will...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
This is an Army Service Forces Manual, a Civil Affairs handbook on Korea highlighting agriculture. Topics include the land and people, salient features of Korean agriculture, agricultural production, food supply and food consumption, and the...
Discussion of Austria. This section gives a general background of agriculture and food both before and after the war years. It also contains statistics by state, and miscellaneous statistics and information, in addition to a list of main...
This Civil Affairs document gives an overview of the general description of Greek agriculture and a brief regional study broken down into regions- Northern Greece, Central and Southern Greece, along with the surrounding islands. This section gives...
Office, U.S. Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
The United States is spending a record amount of its own money to rebuild Iraq. Since the initial occupation in 2003, Iraq has financially rebounded and is a competitor in the global economic market. While not the wealthiest country in the world,...
This paper will give information on how the Vietnam War was not a negative factor in the United States Economy, as it was once thought. In researching this specific topic, of the economy during the Vietnam era, the study proves that the economy did...
This thesis proposes that the United States should have a national economic strategy (NES) document to provide direction for the many policymakers who implement the economic instrument of power. With the end of the Cold War, the United States faces...
The attached monograph, 'On the Foundations of National Military Strategy: Past and Present,' identifies the Hobbesian nation-state system, the Soviet threat, Containment, Deterrence, the Bi-polar balance of power, European focus, and a cumbersome...
The monograph that follows seeks to analyze the current military strategy of the US. The framework proposed by the renowned military historian Michael Howard assists in this endeavor. The resulting analysis establishes the criteria for an effective...
Discussion of France. This section covers the country, farm holdings, agricultural labor, agricultural machinery and fertilizer, principal crops, livestock, food supplies including pre-war supplies and wartime production and supplies, rationing,...
This thesis asserts the Army does not define missions in terms of resources consumed, in sufficient detail to assist decision-making. This is primarily the result of the current budget structure which restricts resource classification to broad...