This monograph sets forth a theoretical model for strategic analysis. The purpose of the paper is to determine how the components of a strategic plan relate to each other. It examines and critiques contemporary and classical definitions of strategy...
This study examines the doctrinal definition of deterrence, reviews Bernard Brodie's deterrence theory and discusses the impacts of his theory upon state and nonstate actors. The study further defines the terms asymmetry and asymmetrical threats...
Changes in the European community in the last year are the most dramatic since the end of World War II. Political changes in the Soviet Union and emerging democratic movements in Eastern European countries signal the accelerated development of a...
This study determines whether or not unconditional surrender leads to a more lasting peace. The answer is paradoxical-yes, unconditional surrender can achieve the desired effects; however, it is no longer a suitable policy in the twenty-first...
After toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein in a few weeks, the decisive operational maneuver victory was not enough to defeat the enemy’s will to fight. Instead of challenging US forces in a conventional military battle, the enemy has now sought...
If strategists do not follow Clausewitz’s lead as a critical historian, then they risk failure by founding future policy, strategy, and operations on Kosovo myths. One must ask, was Operation Allied Force a rational use of military power to...
Bulk petroleum products are vital to every facet of U.S. Army operations. Even the smallest and "lightest" units rely on the Army's Combat Service Support system to provide them with the fuels needed for ground mobility and CSS operations. What...
The military application of the network centric concept is framed by Network Centric Warfare (NCW) which is an emerging operational concept based on the stated vision of future warfare in Joint Vision 2020. In the Information Age, does Network...
"The extraordinary importance which the Gruson-Schumann Shielded Mountings have obtained in military science during the last five years has naturally somewhat diverted the public interest from the armoured turrets and batteries of the Gruson...
"This 1976 manual describes fire support used to engage surface targets during all types of oeprations with a focus on the modern battlefield, where the ratio of combat power will initially favor the enemy. Although all fire support systems are...
The construction, attack, and defense of field works, with a particular emphasis on field fortification; includes an introduction to the science of general fortification.
The need to communicate via electronic means on the battlefield has increased dramatically since WWI. The two most significant factors underlying this change are greater tactical dispersion and the tempo of combat operations. Tactical dispersion,...
This is a theoretical paper on campaign planning. The paper examines the processes and principles involved in campaign plan formulation and modification within the context of all three levels of war. A series of theoretical models are used to...
Hybrid threat actors seek to master unrestricted operational art in order to reconcile overmatch and protect or advance their interests. As interest-based rational actors, hybrid threats translate strategic intent into unrestricted distributed...
This paper attempts to develop a coherent group of previously uncodified basic concepts, military communications principles, to provide qualitative theoretical linkage in support of the tenets of U.S. AirLand Battle Doctrine. Further, the proposed...
Armies share one common characteristic. An Army cannot recruit its military leaders off the street. Every Army must grow its leaders from the nation's young women and men, nurture the youngsters into mature military leaders, and develop senior...
"This 1975 manual is a guide for commanders, staff officers, and personnel concerned with field artillery communications. The purpose of the manual is to provide, in a detailed but non-technical explanation, the basic knowledge required in the...
This paper challenges the idea that the thinkers who developed the American Theory of Limited War prior to Vietnam were grossly in error. A framework for the elements of the theory is constructed through a discussion of the historical American way...
This monograph examines the evolution and practice of operational art. The campaign for the reconquest of Burma in 1943-1945 as conducted by LTG William J. Slim while in command of Fourteenth Army is analyzed. The intent of the monograph is to...
This monograph examines the application of special operations forces (SOF) as a means to achieve strategic ends across the operational continuum. In war, political constraints are minimal, and a theater commander-in-chief (CINC) is allowed to...