Between 1917 and 1945, the U.S. Army's concepts of armored warfare grew from a platform focus and a narrowly defined mission into a broad capability. Mobility, Shock, and Firepower: The Emergence of the U.S. Army's Armor Branch, 1917-1945 captures the multifaceted development of the Armored Force from its beginnings in World War I to a mature, operational status at the close of World War II. Through analysis of the Armor Branch's early years, the book provides an excellent case study in force transformation. The development of new armor doctrines and organizations to exploit emerging...

An account of Allied cooperation in hemispheric defense and in the fight against Germany and Japan. The common effort ranged from growing wheat to the climactic development of the atomic bomb.

The Soviet 1941-1942 winter offensive, German planning for the summer offensive, and the execution of the German offensive through October 1942.

An operational account of a major phase of the campaign in Normandy between 6 and 13 June 1944.

A description of how the War Department and private industry manufactured huge quantities of munitions and how the Field Service stored, catalogued, maintained, and distributed those munitions to the ports of embarkation.

A discussion of planning and of the problems encountered in prewar and wartime research and development programs. The search for greater mobility and increased firepower is described, as well as the development of guns, rockets, and bombs.

A description of how America's munitions reached U.S. and Allied troops and how Ordnance soldiers stored, maintained, supplied, and salvaged materiel in the major theaters of operations.

On Operational Art, a companion volume to Michael D. Krause's and R. Cody Phillips's Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art, captures the doctrinal debate over the concept of operational art. Edited by Clayton R. Newell and Michael D. Krause, the well-organized anthology presents a snapshot of the development of operational art when the Army's attention was focused on Europe and the Soviet Union. Consisting of original essays by distinguished historians and senior military commanders, to include a prominent German officer, the collection has not only a joint and combined flavor but...

This book describes the critical role of Army officers who defied the odds and saw this immense project through to completion. They included Col. William C. Gorgas, who supervised the medical effort that saved countless lives and made it possible for the labor force to do its job; Col. George W. Goethals, who oversaw the final design of the canal and its construction and, equally important, motivated his workers to complete the herculean task ahead of schedule; and many other officers who headed up the project's subordinate construction commands and rebuilt the Panama railroad, a key...