Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History
In wars involving vast land masses in which the available manpower of a nation is severely taxed it may be expedient and necessary to use "volunteer" forces. It is gathered from this treatise that the basic mistake of the planners was that no...
A history of the American Revolution documented from letters written to and by George Washington and other general officers, ministers of Congress, and others in public stations.
As in the case of some other titles in the United States Army in World War II series, Ulysses Lee's "The Employment of Negro Troops" has been long and widely recognized as a standard work on its subject. The volume opens with background chapters...
"Ask a doughboy or an officer about 'over there' these days, and nine times out of ten his answer will be, 'Oh, what's the use of talking about it? Folks are tired of hearing about the war."
A history of the American Revolution documented from letters written to and by George Washington and other general officers, ministers of Congress, and others in public stations.
The monograph provides an in-depth analysis of the structural and ideological causes of Naxalism in India. Naxalism besides being a socio-economic problem is also politico-ideological response to the growing inequality in the Indian society....
Education is the focus of this Civil Affairs handbook on the Philippines. Historical background is given on Spanish, U.S., and Commonwealth periods, as well as education institutions and literacy (names/locations of universities, extent of...
This ARTEP Mission Training Plan (MTP) is a descriptive training plan designed for to provide a complete tactical training and evaluation guide your unit. It provides guidance on "what to" as well as "how to" train. The specific details of your...
From 1964 to 1973 the United States Air Force conducted bombing raids along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Approximately 2,000,000 tons of ordnance was dropped with about a 20 to 30% non-detonation rate. Nearly all 16 provinces of PDR Lao were affected by...
Sergeant Major (SGM) retired William O. Wooldridge was born on August 12, 1922 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on November 11, 1940 at Fort Worth, Texas shortly before the outbreak of World War II.
He became the first Sergeant...
Patrick Gass witnessed and contributed to many remarkable events during his lifetime, including four great wars, numerous Indian battles, and the remarkable Lewis and Clark Expedition. His biographer J.G Jacob, summed up his life as "a hero in...
I. Thesis. Maintaining an offensive posture is the best way to defend our nation and the world against terrorism.
II. Abstract. The use of military intervention instead of more diplomatic solutions has been widely criticized by opponents of...
Cowan, Carlos; Garrison, John; Lloyd, Jackie; Matta, Julio; Aaron, Mark
Thesis: Maintaining an offensive posture is the best way to defend our nation and the world against terrorism. Islamic terrorists blew up the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. To commit this act of
terrorism, they used a car bomb. Their main...
This essay provides a short insight into the nature of Special Forces operations, the Army Values, and the Special Forces (SF) Creed. The Army Values are paraphrased and used as a base to overlay the Special Forces Creed and show how the SF creed...
This paper addresses a serious issue that can occur at any time in any Army unit. A leader of an organization that abuses their legitimate power for their own personal gain can have an enormous impact on the unit’s morale, discipline, retention,...
Although considered a failure by many the counterinsurgency operations in the Philippines and Vera Cruz, helped shape current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The lessons learned from these two counterinsurgency operations helped shape today’s...