Examines civilian morale on the home front and of propaganda as a morale conditioning agent with a view toward recommending procedures, to prepare the civilian morale of the United States for war.
Looks at the Hump operation, and concludes that such an operation would have been impossible without adequate traffic control, which was made possible by the support of the 4th AACS Wing.
In this paper, the author questions cost effectiveness analysis as a valuable management tool (when used to choose among weapon systems), and if it is, wonders why is there an apparent reluctance on the part of certain elements of the military to...
Reviews India, Burma and Malaya in order to determine the factors of national power in each and, through analysis, estimate their power potential either collectively or individually.
Spain, France and Sweden, three major powers, had professional armies in 1600. England and Prussia founded theirs shortly thereafter. These armies were dynastic rather than national, and existed for the use of the sovereign.
Seeks to determine the adequacy of the then-present reporting system used in evaluating the operational readiness of army combat units. Includes a brief historical look at the army's system prior to the implementation of AR 220-1, which established...
Looks at the historically controversial policy of what should be the proper source and composition of American armed forces. Discusses periods from 1775-1800, 1800-1860, 1860-1900 and the 20th century. Provides information on wartime and peacetime...
Second Place Winner of the MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Competition for the 2006 CGSC Class. Since 2004, the Chief of Staff of the Army, General Peter Schoomaker, has made frequent reference to the concept of the "pentathlete leader". He...
Studies and analyses the methods used in the determination, revision, publication and utilization of replacement factors and consumption rates. Emphasizes the importance of replacement factors and consumption rates and directs attention to the...
Seeks to develop a uniform system for reporting the status of supply in theaters of operations similar to those used in reporting the status of personnel, covering reports submitted by units and extending through the theater of operations level.
The accompanying instructions for the care and cleaning of recoil cylinders of seacoast carriages, prepared in the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, are published for the use and information of the Coast Artillery.
Department of Observation; U.S. Army Field Artillery School
To teach the basic principles of operation and care of a storage battery and the familiarize the student with the terminology and definitions used in storage battery observation.
Includes a chapter on basic military hierarchy, which is followed by a more in-dept chapter describing the materiel available to soldiers fighting in WWI trenches.
United States Antiaircraft Artillery School (Camp Davis, N.C.)
"The purpose of this publication is to outline methods of land navigation and artillery orientation that will be applicable in any hemisphere, that will permit the determination of direction with more precision than may be expected by means of a...
Original after-action battle report (typescript on onion skin paper) on the 1st Field Artillery Observation Battery during the Sicilian campaign in World War II.