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  • “Worthy Of His Sufferings”: How Strategic Leaders Learned From Failure

    History provides numerous examples of leaders who failed at some point in their career, yet went on to become great leaders. Their example demonstrates that experiencing failure does not necessarily equate to failed leadership-leaders can and do recover from failure to become better leaders. But how does this occur? How does a leader turn the psychological trauma of failure into an important ... Read more

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  • “They Have Seen The Elephant”: Veterans’ Remembrances from World War II

    by Lynn L. Simms ...
    These stories happened over 40 years ago, all over the world, and they are set down here so they can remind us of other times and places where Americans fought for their country. No single soldier “won the war,” rather each was trained, went where he was told and did his job when needed.War became a way of life, an opportunity for undreamed-of travel, a time in which many grew up, some received ... Read more

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  • “The Red-Legged Devils”, Brooklyn’s Best Regiment

    The Fourteenth Regiment New York State Militia of Brooklyn, New York gathered an impressive combat record during the Civil War, yet the Professional Military Education world rarely takes notice of their deeds. They were first formed on 5 July 1847 when the New York State Legislature consolidated the individual militia companies into regiments. During the Civil War the Fourteenth Regiment fought in ... Read more

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  • “The Bullets Flew Like Hail”

    Cutler’s Brigade at Gettysburg, from McPherson’s Ridge to Culp’s Hill

    On July 1, 1863, Brigadier General Lysander Cutler commanded the first Union infantry to relieve Brigadier General John Buford’s hard-pressed cavalry on the western outskirts of Gettysburg. The brigade’s stubborn defense along McPherson’s Ridge and the arrival of the famous Iron Brigade stopped the Confederate advance on the town and set the tone for the three-day battle. All of this is laid out ... Read more

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  • “So Few”

    The Immortal Record of The Royal Air Force

    by David Masters ...
    Originally published in 1941, this book is author David Masters’ historical account of the Royal Air Force’s feats and accomplishments during the Second World War: “I count it a privilege to write with firsthand knowledge of these flying crusaders who are fighting a holy war to preserve Christendom and the lives and liberties of earth-bound mortals. They are the flower of Great Britain and the ... Read more

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  • “Rakkasans” Rifle & Headquarters Companies

    Series Book 3 - Eyewitness To Modern War
    Senior NCO MSG Dwight P. Dooley recounts his experiences of the War in Iraq when stationed there as part of the 101st “Screaming Eagles Airborne Division between 09/20/2005 - 05/18/2006.This paper explains the different experiences and the similarities I experienced as First Sergeant in Crusher & Hatchet Company, 1-187TH Infantry Regiment. Both companies presented completely different experiences ... Read more

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  • “Putting Out The Fire In Afghanistan”

    - The Fire Model of Counterinsurgency: Focusing Efforts to Make an Insurgency Unsustainable

    This monograph develops an alternative approach to counterinsurgency, and explains how the current narratives in the field of counterinsurgency are not completely accurate. Counterinsurgents only need to properly understand the environment and then concentrate their efforts in that critical area of the insurgency identified as the sustainer of that insurgency. The U.S. counterinsurgency (COIN) ... Read more

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  • “Purple Heart Valley”: A Combat Chronicle Of The War In Italy

    An excellent, richly illustrated, account of the bloodiest phase of the Italian campaign.Here is a report—in pictures and in words—of exactly what happened to our men during the bitterest phases of the Italian campaign. This report is not based upon a hurried visit behind the lines; Margaret Bourke-White spent a full five months on the Italian front photographing, questioning, observing, and ... Read more

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  • “One Minute to Ditch!”

    Prize-winning True Stories of the Supreme Moment—When Men Suddenly Face DeathSome of these true stories are already famous because they have been dramatized on television. All of them take you straight to the heart of great moments of crisis.You’ll know what it’s like to look down at the wide Pacific and realize that your plane is going to ditch there.You’ll twist the wheel of your racing car as ... Read more

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  • “Non-Standard” Military Police Mission

    Series Book 2 - Eyewitness To Modern War
    My field artillery unit was mobilized to perform a non-standard military police mission during Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The unit was part of the largest National Guard mobilization from our state since the Vietnam era. The challenges of deploying a field artillery unit as an ad hoc MP company were many. The challenges were overcome through the strength of our NCO Corps. As I write this paper, I ... Read more

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  • “Miss U”

    This is the story of the heroism of Margaret Utinsky, who, against unbelievable and fantastic odds, for three years led an underground organization in the Philippines in a relentless and telling effort to aid American prisoners of war held by the Japanese. Dauntless and determined, she pushed into the background her own personal loss, faced the twin demons of physical and mental anguish, and ... Read more

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  • “King Lehr” and the Gilded Age

    HARRY SYMES LEHR was born in 1869 into a family that was neither wealthy nor socially prominent. His natural gift for entertaining and his penchant for hobnobbing with the very rich earned him entry to the powerful circle of the New York and Newport social elite, where Harry clowned his way to a position of prominence. One of his admirers and patrons, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, introduced him to a ... Read more

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  • “First With The Most” Forrest

    Nathan Bedford Forrest did not invent mobilized guerilla warfare, but he did modernize and polish it to an extent that has left few theoretical areas for improvement. Tanks and jeeps, it could even be said, do not possess the mobility relative to the main force which they attach that Forrest’s dedicated band of horsemen enjoyed. Following in the footsteps of Francis Marion and Lighthorse Harry Lee ... Read more

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  • “First Red Clausewitz”: Friedrich Engels And Early Socialist Military Theory

    Between the European revolutions of the mid-nineteenth century and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, Friedrich Engels functioned as a writer, analyst, and critic concerning military affairs. His most essential commentaries were published, disseminated, and internalized by supporters of the proletarian revolution. This project concentrates on the tactical, operational, and technical aspects of ... Read more

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  • “Elbe Operation” - With 2d Armored Division & 83d Infantry Divisions

    by Lt. Houcek ...
    The crossing of the Elbe River was to prove a mortal blow to the hopes of the Nazi Command to continuing resistance to Allied forces in the West. The 2d Armored “Hell on Wheels” Division and 83d “Thunderbolt Division were the spearheads of the Ninth US army and they were the units who were first to seize the crossing of the Elbe. However the units were halted on orders from above and their advance ... Read more

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  • “Double Canister at Ten Yards”

    The Federal Artillery and the Repulse of Pickett’s Charge, July 3, 1863

    by David Shultz ...
    Gettysburg is one of the most famous and studied battles of history, and Pickett’s Charge, its climax on the third day, continues to fascinate a new generation of readers. Most accounts of the grand assault focus on General Robert E. Lee’s reasons for making the charge, its preparation, organization, and ultimate failure. Author David Shultz, however, in “Double Canister at Ten Yards”: The Federal ... Read more

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  • “Dear Fatherland, Rest Quietly”

    A Report on the Collapse of Hitler’s “Thousand Years”

    THIS IS the story of the search for “Faceless Fritz”—the most difficult and frightening camera-hunt ever undertaken by ace photographer-reporter Margaret Bourke-White. “Fearless Fritz” was cable shorthand for one of several LIFE assignments that brought Miss Bourke-White and her camera to Germany some months before its fall. She was to pin down the private German citizens—to find out what kind of ... Read more

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  • “Cry Havoc And Let Slip The Dogs Of War”. Special Operations And The Military Working Dog

    This paper examines the potential for military working dogs to support Special Operations Forces (SOF). Modern technology has not eliminated the operational prospective for the military employment of dogs. Canine olfactory superiority, advanced hearing, and ability to detect movement offer significant military employment potential. Military working dogs can be trained for scouting, patrolling, ... Read more

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  • “Beast” Butler

    The Incredible Career of Major-General Benjamin Franklin Butler

    First published in 1962, this is a biography of Benjamin Franklin Butler, (1818-1893), aka “Beast” Butler, an American lawyer, politician, soldier and businessman from Massachusetts, who became best known as a political major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War, and for his leadership role in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. He was a colorful and often controversial ... Read more

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  • “Able” To Adapt And Conquer

    Series Book 1 - Eyewitness To Modern War
    During Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) VII and VIII, Able Troop 3-71 Cavalry operated as the brigade rapid mounted reaction force throughout Regional Command East (RC-E) and South in Afghanistan. This paper tells of how our unit moved in-between Regional Commands to deter and destroy the enemy, set up multiple Combat Out Posts (COP), trained Afghanistan National Police (ANP), dealt with the first ... Read more

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  • ‘Mission Creep’: A Case Study In U.S. Involvement In Somalia

    This monograph explores the problem of mission creep. The trend toward ethnic and regional unrest has characterized the world security environment since the breakup of the former Soviet Union. The U.S. has struggled to find its place in the new world order. As a result US military forces have increasingly found themselves involved in various operations other than traditional warfare. Often the ... Read more

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  • Zoomies, Subs, and Zeros

    As air battles with Japanese fighter planes increased over the Pacific toward the end of World War 2, the Submarine Lifeguard League was formed to rescue downed aviators who had zoomed into the ocean. The organization saved the lives of hundreds of pilots, and the emergency safety net it provided is said to have given American pilots greater confidence in their dogfights with the Japanese over the ... Read more

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  • Zoomies, Subs And Zeros

    The exploits of the Submarine Rescue League, which had the job of picking up American flyers shot down while attacking objectives in the Pacific.‘In writing this book, the authors had a triple purpose.First, to write the superbly human history of the Submarine Lifeguard League while those who participated in its creation and in its splendid work are still among us to tell that story. It is a ... Read more

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  • Zero-Sum Victory

    What We're Getting Wrong About War

    The military expert and author of Leadership presents “the most thoughtful analysis yet of America’s recent conflicts—and future challenges” (Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal).Why have the major post-9/11 US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances in America’s favor, capacity-building efforts, and tactical victories, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned intractable ... Read more

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