This monograph addresses the beginning of the American version of operational art. Winfield Scott's participation in the Mexican War is analyzed to determine whether his activity constitutes the genesis of American operational art: joint...
Counterinsurgency is the most common conflict that America engages in. From the Mexican-American War to the Philippine Insurrection and small wars of the early 1900s, the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) focused on sanitation, hygiene programs...
What kind of policy can the United States and the international community pursue that increases the likelihood that stability emerges in failed and failing states? I develop a theory of state-building to guide decision makers. The theory states...
This thesis explores the ability of Massachusetts to conceive, launch, and execute offensive expeditions in relation to the failure of the 1779 Penobscot Expedition. This thesis seeks to highlight the difference between the colony’s success in...
Rural Development Division, Community Development Directorate, CORDS
This handbook was designed to inform advisors at all levels of the structure and nature of the Vietnamese village. Information is given about the village- past and present, village government, economy and finance, village security, and the American...
This handbook is designed to inform advisors at all levels of the structure and nature of the Vietnamese village. It covers the traditional village leadership, village government, village economy, village security, and the advisory role. The...
The Philippine Insurrection of 1899-1902 was a case of successful United States elimination of an insurgency that had been developing for almost 25 years. By the time the United States assumed sovereignty over the Philippine Islands following the...
The thesis proposes unification of South Asia, comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Maldives into a single democratic federal structure, like the U.S. with certain amount of autonomy to the states/provinces. The...
This thesis studies the efforts of the U.S. Military Government in Bavaria to bring about democratic reform and denazification. It focuses on the period from V-E Day on 8 May 1945 to 5 June 1947, when Secretary of State George Marshall first...
This thesis reviews US national security strategy (NSS) and US military engineering assistance (MEA) to Peru to see if MEA is employed consistent with NSS. It identifies and classifies US strategic interests in Peru. Finding US interests at stake,...
This study examines the suitability of current U.S. military assistance to Philippine ground forces. The research hypothesis is that the scope and form of current military assistance to the Philippines is not optimum and that more, or different,...
The American Civil War was a cornerstone event for the Irish in America. Their participation proved their duty to Union and Confederate causes, increased their acceptance in American society, and hastened assimilation. While the Irish participation...
This thesis focuses on the impact of character in Special Forces (SF), or its lack thereof, through the historical analysis of various warrior sects and key historical figures. This research then contrasts current perceptions of character within SF...
United States Army, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
This pamphlet is the fourth in a series undertaken in an effort to capture the battle command successes of Just Cause and Desert Storm. The first pamphlet focused on commonalities and trends of successful battlefield commanders at brigade,...
The Italian Army and its NCO Corps were officially founded on the 4th of May 1861, but their traditions date as far back as the legions of the Roman Empire in the first century B.C.. The Roman legions were extremely organized and included personnel...
Foreword by Roderick M. Cox: In 1979, the Combat Studies Institute published the first of the Leavenworth Papers. The series afforded the CGSC Faculty the opportunity to present their scholarship to the professional military community seeking to...