During the American Revolution, the British view of the assembly was passing acts and vote funds, which the executive would put into operation and dispute (Robson, 1966). King George III of England signed the Proclamation of 1763. The act...
Three administrative reforms within the Department of Defense--the President’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense (The Packard Commission of 1985), the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act (1986) and the Foreign Military Sales, Reinvention...
The professional NCO of the American Revolution was born out of necessity but proved invaluable throughout the war. To understand the NCO of the revolutionary war period it is important to discuss certain aspects of that time. The first will be...
This study analyzes the conditions that need to be met in order for Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria while maintaining its security. Those conditions are: Israel and Syria must overcome history and politics; Israel must get asymmetrical...
Even though the counter-insurgency (COIN) operations that we face today may differ from past counter-insurgencies, we should study the successes and failures of those campaigns to facilitate future operations in our quest to fight the Global War on...
Al Qaeda is a significant threat to the national security of the United States and its allies. This makes it important for individuals in these countries, both military and civilian, to understand the evolution of this threat. This thesis analyzes...
This monograph examines the historic attack by Adolph Hitler's Germany against the Soviet defenses in 1941. It examines actions of both armed forces to analyze what went wrong and what went right for each side. It focuses on Soviet defenses to...
The purpose of this monograph is to demonstrate the conflict between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Government of the Philippines is territorial and not religious in nature. To understand this conflict the past four-hundred years from...
The first year course at the Ecole Superieure de Guerre is devoted to the study of the handling of the Division in Combat. It therefore is essential, at the beginning of the course in General Tactics, to have a conference on the present...
Report by Lt. Col. Donald T. Winder, USMC, dealing with civil affairs activities of the 4th Marine Division in the assault phase on Roi, Namur and nearby islands of Kwajalein Atoll. Includes a copy of Proclamation No. 1 to the people of the...
America’s military services, the United States Army in particular, are finding it very difficult to find new recruits and maintain the experienced junior enlisted service members in their ranks. The Department of Defense and Army leadership has...
This monograph discusses the need for a common understanding and definition of the term force protection in U.S. Army doctrine. In recent deployments to Somalia, Haiti, and Rwanda commanders and soldiers have stated that force protection is there...
Insurgency is a time-honored form of warfare that allows a weaker opponent to subvert the power of a stronger foe. At the turn of the nineteenth century, Spanish guerrillas waged an effective insurgency against the premier army of the...
How the allied cavalry by its bold and aggressive action was able to place itself squarely across the line of retreat of the XI German Army and thus contribute so materially to the success of Franchet D'Esperey.
Non-Governmental Organizations, research and academic institutions, charities, and international organization efforts to track and monitor activities and conditions in high-risk settings provide uniquely useful indicators and warning of possible...
The international community intervened repeatedly in Somalia since the central government fell in 1991. These interventions failed to produce a stable, elected government. Instead, over the last 20 years Somalis faced famine, terrorism, sexual...
The United States military is adapting itself to fight warfare in the Information Age, preparing forces that use information superiority as a key weapon. Advocates of this communication-based and information-based form of warfare use the term...
This thesis explored the impact of the Army junior officer development model upon combat effectiveness. The research hypothesis was junior officers do not receive sufficient experiential development prior to implementation as direct leaders, which...