The United States Air Force (USAF) has developed the ability to strike newly detected targets within minutes by pre-positioning aircraft near potential targets. This “dynamic targeting” process provides responsiveness and flexibility, but it...
Report of the Commanding General, Sphinx Detachment. This report constitutes a detailed analysis of the results obtained during the joint air-ground tests at Camp Hood, Texas. This area was selected due to similarity of the geological formation to...
The purpose of this monograph is to search for, identify, and discuss the emergence of elements of operational art during the Napoleonic wars. James Schneider has tied the emergence of operational art to the technological advances of the industrial...
This book attempts to explain clearly "The reason of discipline," so that every soldier may at once see the necessity of enforcing and upholding its regulations.
This monograph examines the nature of operational art during the third and final phase of the Chinese Civil War, 1945-1949. During this period Mao Tse-Tung and the Red Army fought Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Army for the military and...
Since the end of the Cold War the United States Army has found itself conducting more and more operations that fall under the category of "Military Operations Other Than War” (MOOTW). Additionally, our National Security Strategy states that these...
The immediate goal of this monograph is to determine what contribution VII Corps made to the evolution of operational art in Operation Desert Storm. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait resulted in Iraq controlling much of the world's proven oil...
Volumes I and II are both contained in this document (German and Japanese). There is a practical reading and translation of Japanese characters, tables of basic key characters for Japanese ordnance, instructions for translating Japanese markings,...
This monograph asserts that operational art, defined in theory as a conventional warfare concept, applies in military operations other than war (MOOTW). This paper examines the differences between conventional warfare and MOOTW, and shows that many...
The world stands at the threshold of a new age; an age pregnant with great promise as well as new conflicts. A revolution is sweeping over the world that is as significant as any that has gone before in human history. A revolution in technology...
While hundreds of volumes exist on the Gettysburg Campaign, most examine the battle’s tactical framework and focus on the activities of brigades and regiments. However, of more interest to the serving military professional may be an analysis of...
This document contains illustrations of German, French and Belgian fuzes. There are categories which discuss a list of German artillery fuzes, marks on German fuzes, fuses used with various guns, abbreviations in used in connection with German...
This monograph identifies the requirement to improve the integration between crisis response and follow-on forces. Integration enables the United States to apply its national security strategy while reducing the size of the military forces and...
This manual treats of the theory and practice of gunnery, fire control, and position finding for antiaircraft artillery guns. A knowledge of the fundamentals of exterior ballistics and gunnery as covered in FM 4-10 will be helpful in understanding...
This monograph addresses the theory of operational art and discusses where it can be applied. As American military forces prepare to enter into the 21st Century it is clear that they will be involved in a wide range of operations. The collapse of...
This monograph examines the Carolina Campaign conducted by Nathanael Greene during the American Revolution and contrasts it with the criteria developed by Dr. Robert Epstein and Dr. James Schneider for determining the practice of operational art....
This report describes the effects of the atomic bombs which were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, summarizing the information available on damage to structures, injuries to personnel, morale effect, etc.
Future thinking, decisive decision-making, and leadership provide the foundation for the analysis of battle command in theory, doctrine, and history. Classical and modern military theorists make the commander the central point for leadership and...
Inter-state economic coercion is an ancient tradition among nations. Within the framework of economic statecraft, economic coercion manifests itself in three forms: Economic Warfare, Trade Wars, and Economic Sanctions. The empirical evidence on the...