An elusive enemy that uses the noncombatant populace as an effective defense creates, over time, a growing ethical dilemma within the Army between self-preservation and strictly following laws and regulations and causes a cascade of effects. A...
History paints a portrait of Alvin York as WWI hero however, many such battles may have gone unnoticed or untold and many portraits gone unnoticed. Some say York’s actions were heroic and some believe it must have happen differently. Some would...
The Abu Ghraib prison tortures, classified rendition operations, kidnapping foreign nationals suspected of terrorist ties, and recently revealed secret Central Intelligence Agency prisons, all point to a new aggressive level of American...
Even though it is an officer’s duty to ensure the safety of their men, some officers have put their career interests before the care of their troops and the accomplishment of the mission. They micro-manage to ensure loss prevention but inherently...
Disrupting an insurgent's access to sanctuary and safe-haven is a critical aspect of operational planning for counterinsurgent forces. By denying an insurgent's access to safe-havens early in the conflict, the counterinsurgent will gain a marked...
The evolving U.S. stabilization, reconstruction and development doctrine displays the tenets necessary to stabilize a state following conflict; however, this doctrine remains insufficient for insuring long-term stability. To adequately guide...
This monograph addresses how humans think and make sense of the world, and whether the current logic used by the U.S. military is still useful for understanding and influencing a world where complexity continues to increase. Drawing from elements...
Two centuries of philosophy and war have informed the latest evolution of the definitions of strategy and operational art defined in the Department of Defense's Joint Publication 1-02. By harmonizing the relationship between strategy and...
Historical Division, Headquarters European Command
This study is the first of a series of three dealing with experiences of German prisoners of the Russians. The second is a detailed report on the methods of interrogation of prisoners; and the third is a medical officer's description of the...
Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History
In wars involving vast land masses in which the available manpower of a nation is severely taxed it may be expedient and necessary to use "volunteer" forces. It is gathered from this treatise that the basic mistake of the planners was that no...
Ethical decision-making is critical in combat and requires leadership, values, and moral principles. Having served as a 1 SG in combat it was easy to see how Soldiers can fall outside the lines. The lack of being able to identify the enemy adds to...
Ethics in the military is just as important today as it was in previous history! Still taught to all service members in conjunction with military justice. Ironically, ethical values have not changed but the values of military leaders in their quest...
Most of those who comment on Iran's attempt to influence Iraqi Shia, do so without considering the historical and cultural connection between these two peoples. The research presented directs its attention to the Iranian motives and capabilities...
Looks at various forms of security, from its domestic meaning, involving national and individual senses of security, the international sense of security, and concepts of security in various countries.