Field Marshal William 'Bill' Slim ended World War II in command of Fourteenth Army. His understanding of what motivated men in the most trying of times is well publicized. Indeed, he is most well-known for his thoughts on morale and leadership....
Hussein, Ahmed; Scheuermann; Kinsey, Brian K.; Kemper, Matthew D.; Hodge, Tabitha L.
Thesis Statement: The loss of The Battle for Moscow (October-December 1941) was of direct result of environmental conditions, not a superior Russian Army.
This monograph is a campaign analysis of the operations on the Italian Front during World War I. The focus of the monograph is to determine if operational art was practiced by the belligerents from the time of Italy's entry into the war in May of...
Thesis Statement: Although Stones River Battle was a tactical draw, General Braxton Bragg's failure to fully exploit Clausewitz' Principle of Offensive on the night of December 31, 1862 gave the Union a much needed strategic and political victory....
The stalemate in World War I created the need for a solution to escape this resource intense form of warfare. Following five unsuccessful German offenses in early 1918, the Germans found themselves in a solely defensive scenario conducting...
Historical examples are an expedient way to develop an understanding of operational art theory and concepts. A historical illustration of both operational success and failure is the Korean War. Several aspects of the Korean War remain relevant to...
In 1861 the United States Army in New Mexico was demoralized. The troops had not been paid in over a year, lacked provisions and ordnance, and their officers were deserting them for positions in the rebel army. Four of the five cavalry commanders...
Historians tend to agree that Ramon Magsaysay's leadership and his relationship with Edward Lansdale are two of the most important features of the Philippine governments campaign against the Huks from 1946-1954. Yet the nuances of his leadership...
Wetjen, Richard F.; Berta, Frank W.; Adkins, Robert D.; Ehlinger, David B.; Runyon, Walter C.
Poor defensive operations/planning, political infighting, and a breakdown in unity of command resulted in the British defeat at Singapore.
The Allied forces on Singapore outnumbered their enemy by two to one or more. Bureaucratic wrangling...
Dotson, Timothy; Griffin, Tonya; McCord, Richard; Reynolds, John
Thesis Statement: The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the American's War of Independence. Discussion: The Battle of Saratoga was a climactic finale to a three-year struggle for a strategic military position -the Hudson-St. Lawrence...
Camarda, Joseph A.; Gruenenefelder, Markus A.; Mahoney, Anthony W.; Schindler, Mark K.; Song, Jae K.
Many scholars attribute the victory of the French Army during the Battle of Austerlitz to the genius battle plans of Napoleon; however our research indicates that victory actually stemmed from the reorganization of the French Army during the...
The lessons derived from the use of attack helicopters in Operation Desert Storm will revolutionize future concepts of land warfare.
A comparison of the current war fighting doctrine with recent observations in Operation Desert Storm,...
Forsyth, Robert A.
Voller, Steve
Regent, Karen
Proft, Greg
Gonzales, Hector
Thesis Statement: Although Stones River Banle was a tactical draw, General Braxton Bragg's failure to fully exploit Clausewitz' Principle of Offensive on the night of December 31. 1862 gave the Union a much needed strategic and political victory....
The CSM Theodore L. Dobol Collection contains several biographical and miscellaneous materials related to CDM Dobol’s military career. The textual files include photographs, transcripts of oral history interviews; a short autobiography; the...
This anthology was inspired by its authors and the Soldiers and Marines they lead. Their experiences and reflections appear in this volume, a collection of battle studies that focus on leadership success, and failure, in the great campaigns of the...
This thesis explores the applicability of current US counterinsurgency doctrine in Joint Publication 3-24, Field Manual 3-24 and Field Manual 3-24.2 to the Lebanese Hizballah and Taliban insurgencies. In particular, this thesis examines the Cold...
In the early 1990s the Belize Defence Force (BDF) was instructed to provide manpower support to the Belize Police Department's (BPD) crime control efforts in Belize City. This resulted in a drastic reduction in criminal activity; followed by a...
The aim of this thesis is to provide insight and analysis of the factors that contributed to the military success of the revolutionary forces against the Hungarian and Soviet armed and security forces during the early phase of the 1956 Hungarian...
Napoleon once said, “The moral is to the material as three is to one.” What did he have in mind when he stated this famous aphorism? Material factors are easy to calculate. This is the science of warfare. Organization, equipment, doctrine,...