This study is based on the supposition that the future employment of U.S. military forces will be in joint operations focused against third world threats. The current trend of proliferation of high-technology weapons to third world countries will result in many nations that have small, but modern, forces with high battlefield leverage. Faced with less resources, more potent threats, and the need to win quickly, future joint commanders will be required to employ their forces with imagination. To win, they must seize the initiative early and hold it to the end. This study suggests that a joint...

For most Americans, the Battle of the Little Bighorn is epitomized during the final minutes of the film "They Died With Their Boots On."1 In this account, the noble and dashing Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, played by Errol Flynn, and the U.S. 7th Cavalry are pitted against an enormous band of savage and bloodthirsty Indians. Custer realizes that his command is hopelessly outnumbered and an attack on the Indians will certainly lead to its annihilation, but he also knows that if he fails to attack the army column led by General Alfred Terry will be doomed to destruction. In the...

This book proposes that the Russian LIC experiences in Afghanistan and Chechnya have accelerated dynamic conditions that are contributors to both the demise of the USSR and the detriment of the new Russian state. The negative effect of these LIC engagements has increased the potential for future Russian LIC that may precipitate a larger Eurasian conflict. This book explores the impact of the LIC experiences in Afghanistan and Chechnya on the transformation of the Russian State. It begins with a historical review that analyzes invasion motives and the subsequent impact on the people, the...

VIOLENT ATTACKS BY MUSLIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES HAVE GROWN MARKEDLY IN RECENT YEARS, BOTH IN NUMBER AND LETHALITY. EXPLORING THE ROOT CAUSES OF THIS VIOLENCE ILLUSTRATES THE NEED TO CORRECT UNITED STATES POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACIES ABROAD. RECOGNIZING THE STABILIZING INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF TRULY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD OFFERS NEW REASON FOR THE U.S. TO REDOUBLE EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE SUCH CHANGE. WHILE U.S. POLICY GENERALLY SUPPORTS THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, TWO FACTORS APPEAR TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED...

Leadership is an intensely studied subject, and a considerable number of models exist. By reviewing four leadership theories, two German, one British, and one American, a model developed that contained the enduring interrelated tenets of courage, judgment, determination, integrity, vision, and luck. George Washington displayed considerable ability in all these. He had tremendous courage both in battle and in his conviction of a victorious outcome of the war. His judgment above the tactical level was exceptional, and, from limited resources, he developed a standing army and a defensive...

George Washington, as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army led this nation to victory and independence in the American War for Independence. Victory was facilitated by his direct and effective use of intelligence sources and methods. During the American War for Independence, intelligence information regarding location, movement, and disposition of British forces allowed the Continental Army to fight on its own terms and stymie British efforts to quell the revolution. General George Washington, as Commanding General of the Continental Army, was aware of the value of intelligence in the...