The Army's Training Revolution chronicles how the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command refined, amended, and in some cases fundamentally changed the Army's training system in response to new strategic environments in the global arena. As Anne W. Chapman suggests, the Army's readiness to carry out its wartime missions is measured in terms of manpower, materiel, and training. Based on training chapters prepared for successive annual histories, informal interviews with participants in the training development process, and written materials from the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff...

The Army of Excellence summarizes the completed Army 86 designs and examines the origins and development of the so-called AOE during 1983, including the conceptual formulation of the new light infantry division. John L. Romjue records the strategic and planning basis for the Army's major tactical reorganization to meet its global challenges in the 1980s: the defense of NATO Europe, and the provision of rapidly deployable light infantry for force packages needed to defend U.S. interests. The study shows that the AOE design moved Army tactical organization more fully into consonance with...