Specific wars and campaigns

This study analyzes the feasibility of guerrilla warfare as the basis for a strategy of airpower employment for a weak air force confronting an opponent with a stronger air force.

This monograph examines the Soviet experience in Afghanistan (1979-1988) in terms of Soviet Army tactics and organization for combat.

The short but heroic narrative of a member of the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the bloody bitter battle at Kunu-ri during the Korean War.

The commander must remain ever vigilant against surprise, for attacks born of the unexpected have the potential to alter quickly and irreversibly the relative combat power of opposing forces.

This study is a historical analysis of Major General Patrick R.

Includes 204 photos, plans and maps illustrating The Holocaust"e;Fourteen officers of the SS (Elite Guard) were sentenced today to hang for at least a million killings.

"e;Many impressive books have been written about German horror camps where, from 1939 until 1945, human beings were subjected to degrading experiences, or were destroyed like swarms of helpless insects.

Colonel S.

Historians have largely agreed that Pemberton should shoulder the blame for the poor Confederate performance during the Vicksburg campaign.

The Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and particularly the Flank March and Attack under Jackson served as a metaphor for the operational victories the South gained while at the same time signifying why the South could not hope to win strategically based on a policy of accepting greater levels of risk than its Northern opponent.

One of the most valuable by-products of the commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of our War between the States, or Civil War, has been the bringing to light of narratives of personal experiences in the war written by surviving veterans of the Confederate and Union armies.

One of the techniques to understanding the successful choreography of the elements of strategy is the study of the great strategists of history.

This monograph analyzes the effectiveness of operational campaign design against an asymmetrical threat during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

A.

In September 2004, the Intelligence Science Board, an advisory board appointed by the Director of National Intelligence, initiated the Study on Educing Information (EI).

With the development of the "e;long war,"e; the U.

This study examines the campaigns of Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte and William T.

The urgent requirement for US Army preparedness in conducting urban operations (UO) is very real.

The belief that airpower is inherently offensive is a recurrent theme throughout airpower theory and doctrine.

The Korean War took place over a three year period from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953.

Many military professionals regard General of the Army Douglas MacArthur as a very polarizing figure in military history, from his strategic use of maneuver to defeat the Japanese at Leyte to his public defiance of the Commander in Chief, President Truman on his policy towards the Korean War.

Was the failure of the Army of Virginia at the Second Battle of Bull Run a result of General John Pope being a failure as a leader or were there other circumstances that helped him in his loss?

This study is a historical analysis of Confederate Major General John S.

This thesis analyzes how Major General William S.

The capture of Adolf Eichmann and the subsequent dispute between Israel and Argentina before the Security Council of the United Nations have aroused new interest in the history of Nazi Germany in general and of its anti-Jewish policies in particular.

A short but colorful memoir by a sergeant in the 2nd Texas regiment, which served with distinction in the Western Theatre of the Civil War.

Sergeant Nagle, a native of Erie New York, recounts his reminiscences of the Civil War in the Eastern theatre 1861-1863.

Henry E.

This battle study investigates operational and tactical considerations of the battles of Arracourt, which took place in September 1944 as the 4th Armored Division of Patton's Third Army clashed with the Fifth German Panzer Army in the French province of Lorraine on the U.

This study examines the Allied evacuation of 130,000 men, nearly 10,000 animals, and huge quantities of weapons and equipment from the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.

The purpose of this research was to obtain a historically rooted understanding of the development, application, and adaptation of the British COIN approach-one from which the US has borrowed heavily.

This monograph answers the question "e;What must an encircled unit be provided and do in order to successfully hold?

Special Forces forward operational bases (FOB) are essential for mission and contingency planning as well as for the preparation, infiltration and exfiltration of Operational Detachment Alphas (ODA).

One of German General Carl Von Clausewitz's key concepts is culmination.

Gen.

This monograph addresses the suitability of Bedouin tribes for recruitment and employment as irregular forces.

Before the Korean War, the primary mission of Lt.

General-of-the-Army Douglas MacArthur was a complex man whose behaviors seem contradictory on the surface.

Five years after emerging victorious from World War II, the United States became embroiled in the Korean War.

This paper investigates the failure of British strategy during the southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War from 1780 to 1781.

This thesis is a chronological analysis of Longstreet during the thirteen major campaigns in which he participated: First Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, the Seven Days, Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville, the Wilderness, and Petersburg.

A vivid and excellent Confederate memoir from a highly decorated and respected artillery commander.

"e;At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American conscience that it actually prompted the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency that has pumped millions of dollars into Appalachia.

"e;This famous memoir by John McCorkle, is the best published account by a scout who "e;rode with Quantrill.

WHY THE SOUTH LOSTWhat led to the downfall of the Confederacy?

This study undertakes to examine the aerial interdiction activities conducted against the enemy railway system by United Nations' forces during the Korean War, June 1950-July 1953.

This study investigates the significant effect of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and topographic engineering on the American Civil War Campaign of Chancellorsville.

This study investigates the significant effect of mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and topographic engineering on the American Civil War Campaign of Chancellorsville.

Includes over 100 maps of the actions, engagements and battles of the entire Peninsular War.

Includes 32 Illustrations and 6 maps.