Warfare & defence books

This study examines the U.S Army Mechanized or Armored Division's capability to conduct a Field Artillery raid on...  Read More >>

The United States Army largely missed the signs that a new threat was approaching, after the end of the Cold War,...  Read More >>

This monograph discusses the theoretical principles of concentration of force of Carl Von Clausewitz, Baron De Jomini...  Read More >>

All military operations utilize information operations (IO). The Joint Staff and Services have written doctrine...  Read More >>

Historically, proponents of airpower have continually pushed their ideas and concepts to ensure airpower is employed...  Read More >>

On December 2004, Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (Public Law 108-458). Commonly...  Read More >>

Non-citizens have served in the United States military during every war since at least the Civil War. In 1862 Congress,...  Read More >>

This monograph discusses the question, how should light forces be integrated into the heavy corps to conduct three-dimensional...  Read More >>

This study attempts to determine if no-fly zones are effective tools of US foreign policy. In doing so, the author...  Read More >>

This monograph analyzes whether dislocation theory is an appropriate military theory for the Interim Brigade Combat...  Read More >>

The Air Force was founded upon the precepts of strategic bombing. Hugh Trenchard, Giulio Douhet, and Billy Mitchell...  Read More >>

After the 11 September 2001 surprise attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by al Qaida terrorists, planners...  Read More >>

USSOCOM's effective execution of operational preparation of the environment (OPE) is a critical component in the...  Read More >>

In the waning decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century, airpower has proven a highly...  Read More >>

This monograph analyzes the Iran-Iraq War from its inception in September of 1980 through the Iranian Faw Counteroffensive...  Read More >>

Throughout history, states have repeatedly employed military force for achieving foreign policy goals. In persuading...  Read More >>

Due to the current and future world events, the United States Armed Forces have to be more flexible, far reaching,...  Read More >>

Determining weapon platforms and munitions inventories is of great interest to senior military decision-makers....  Read More >>

This monograph examines Colonel Bond's writings and compares his principles of military engineering to the current...  Read More >>

Force protection in the Air Force has taken on greater significance in the new, but well overdue, recognition of...  Read More >>

There is little executable counterinsurgency doctrine existing in joint publications. What little exists is too...  Read More >>

When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created over 50 years ago, its mission was to be a ready...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the extent to which the Smuts Report accurately assessed the capabilities, limitations, and...  Read More >>

The campaign conducted by General Helmuth von Moltke into Bohemia against the Austrians was the most brilliant of...  Read More >>

The United States Air Force Reserve Component (RC) has moved from a Cold War strategic reserve posture to an ongoing...  Read More >>