This volume is a sequel to Tactical Principles and Decisions. It comprises a series of studies, for the General Staff School, on the tactical and strategical handling of corps and an army. The purpose of the studies contained herein is to place...
Military history is one of the most effectual means of learning the art of war in time or peace, and the most solid basis of assimilating its great principles. This document regarding the principles of strategy describes to the reader the positive...
Strategy is the art of concentrating superior combat power in a theater of operations at the required time and place and under conditions which will favor the defeat or destruction of the enemy's armed forces in battle. One of most momentous...
Looks at principles of modern warfare as illustrated by campaigns of the American Civil War, including Bull Run, Shiloh, Jackson’s Valley, Manassas, Antietam, Stones River, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg , Vicksburg, Chickamauga,...
Department of Military Art, U.S. Infantry and Cavalry School; Wagner, Arthur L.; Swift, Eben; Dickman, J. T.; Mills, A. L.
"This book is not presented to the public as a treatise on strategy, but [was] intended solely for the use of the student officers at the U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School in connection with a course of lectures. Many features that would be...
Wagner, Arthur L.; Swift, Eben; Dickman, J. T.; Mills, A. L.
This book is not presented to the public as a treatise on strategy, but is intended solely for the use of the student officers at the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry School in connection with a course of lectures. Many features that would be required in...
This paper discusses the then present day techniques of river operations, the 2nd Battle of the Marne (a critical analysis), the Battle of the Piave (critical analysis), and a visualization of aviation's part in a river operation.
This revision of the original pamphlet entitled: "The estimate of the situation" published in 1910 has been undertaken in order to further develop the estimate of the situation as a means of reaching sound military decision.
Staff Class, Department of Military Art, Army Service Schools
Consists of a series of papers written by various members of the staff class in the Army Staff College course in historical research for a conference dated 30 March 1915. Topics include food problems in England, Belgium, France, and Germany,...
According to whether they respond to strategical or tactical needs, fortifications may be classified as strategical fortifications and tactical fortifications and are most frequently constructed, in whole or in part, during times of peace, with all...
The purpose of this study is to consider developments of our present scientific and mechanical age, its influence upon strategical and administrative organizations and the resulting influences upon the attack and defense of a river line.
This book covers the Russian mobilization and operations in East Prussia beginning in August, 1914 in the Battle of Gumbinnen and the defeat to the German Army at Tannenberg.
This volume contains information on the following topics: German Air Force, Royal Air Force, story of VIII Fighter Command, staff work at command and the planning of missions, enemy reactions, divebombing, and strafing, D-Day and after.
The minutes of the Combined Chiefs' meeting at the major conferences touch on virtually every policy and strategy issue of World War II, from initial troop deployments to counter Axis aggression, through the debates about the location and timing of...
Griffith, Samuel B., II, tr.; Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
This is a translation of Mao Tzu Tung's "Yu chi chan", otherwise known as "Guerrilla warfare". In July 1941, the undeclared war between China and Japan entered its fifth year. One of the most significant features of the struggle had been the...