Stuff Happens: Understanding Causation In Policy And Strategy,
2018
US Army War College
Stuff Happens: Understanding Causation In Policy And Strategy, Andrew A. Hill, Stephen J. Gerras
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Comparative Strategy In Professional Military Education,
2018
US Army War College
Comparative Strategy In Professional Military Education, Jean-Loup Samaan
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The Conventionality Of Russia's Unconventional Warfare,
2018
US Army War College
The Conventionality Of Russia's Unconventional Warfare, Patrick J. Savage
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The M26 Pershing: America’S Forgotten Tank - Developmental And Combat History,
2018
Liberty University
The M26 Pershing: America’S Forgotten Tank - Developmental And Combat History, Robert Hanger
Masters Theses
The M26 tank, nicknamed the “General Pershing,” was the final result of the Ordnance Department’s revolutionary T20 series. It was the only American heavy tank to be fielded during the Second World War. Less is known about this tank, mainly because it entered the war too late and in too few numbers to impact events. However, it proved a sufficient design – capable of going toe-to-toe with vaunted German armor. After the war, American tank development slowed and was reduced mostly to modernization of the M26 and component development. The Korean war created a sudden need for armor and provided …
The Camel Corps Experiment,
2018
Gettysburg College
The Camel Corps Experiment, Abigail K. Major
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
“Did you know there was a push to create a Camel Corps right before the beginning of the American Civil War?” This certainly seems like an interesting piece of trivia to share around the dinner table, but what was the Camel Corps and what insights can it provide on U.S. military thinking in the mid-19th century? I believe that the Camel Corps Experiment, regardless of whether it was deemed an utter failure or not, demonstrated progressive military thought and the desire of its advocates to explore advancements in both mobility and technology for military practices. [excerpt]
The Thirty Years War(S),
2018
Lawrence University
The Thirty Years War(S), Logan Kilsdonk
Lawrence University Honors Projects
The Thirty Years War, spanning 1618-1648, has been described as the last great war of religion despite pitting Catholics against Catholics and Protestants against Protestants. In addition to religion not playing the role it is supposed to have, a closer look at the motives and goals of the major participants reveals that what we have called a single war is actually much more easily understood as four: The Bohemian Rebellion (1618-1624), Denmark's War with the Emperor (1625-1629), Sweden's War with the Emperor (1630-1648) and France's War with the Habsburgs (1635-1648/59). These four wars are related and sometimes overlap, but they …
Garner, Thomas A., 1930-1984 - Letters To (Sc 3209),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Garner, Thomas A., 1930-1984 - Letters To (Sc 3209), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3209. Letters and photographs sent to Thomas A. Garner while he served in the Korean War. The letters are from his mother and sisters of Morrisonville, Illinois, and from Kay Louise Edwards, Taylorsville, Illinois. They provide information about the family farm and local happenings. The photographs are unidentified but include images of servicemen and barracks as well as farm equipment.
Korean War, 1950-1953 - Relating To (Sc 3222),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Korean War, 1950-1953 - Relating To (Sc 3222), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan of letters (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3222. Letters addressed to “Mr. U.N. Soldier” containing encouraging notes from Seoul, South Korea, high school students.
Monumental Questions: 1860s Civil War Monument Vandalization At Manassas,
2018
Gettysburg College
Monumental Questions: 1860s Civil War Monument Vandalization At Manassas, Ryan Bilger
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
On October 4, 2017, I awoke to the news that the Stonewall Jackson equestrian monument at Manassas National Battlefield Park had been vandalized. Having worked there as a Pohanka intern during the summer of 2016, I was saddened to hear this. Now, I have no great love for the Jackson monument. It makes the Southern general look like Superman atop a horse that appears to have had a good amount of steroids mixed with its oats and hay. Yet, I believed then, as I do now, that covering the monument in colored paint was an extremely inappropriate act of vandalism. …
The Sins Of The Father: “Light Horse” Harry Lee And Robert E. Lee,
2018
Gettysburg College
The Sins Of The Father: “Light Horse” Harry Lee And Robert E. Lee, Savannah Labbe
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In early 1862, Robert E. Lee was not yet in command of the Army of Northern Virginia. Instead, he was sent by Confederate President Jefferson Davis to inspect and improve the South’s coastal defenses. This job brought him to Cumberland Island, a barrier island off the coast of Georgia, and while there, he visited the ancestral home of Nathanael Greene, where his father was buried in the family plot. Greene was a famous and talented Revolutionary War general who led the Continental Army to success in taking back the Southern colonies. Lee’s father, “Light Horse” Harry Lee helped Greene take …
“After-Ozymandias”: The Colonization Of Symbols And The American Monument,
2018
CUNY Hunter College
“After-Ozymandias”: The Colonization Of Symbols And The American Monument, H. R. Membreno-Canales
Theses and Dissertations
After-Ozymandias examines the visual rhetoric of American patriotism through its many symbols, including flags and monuments. My thesis project consists of photographs of empty plinths, objects, products and archival materials. Countless relics remain today memorializing leaders and empires that inevitably declined, from antiquity to modern times. Looking back at distant history feels like a luxury, though: the question for our time in America is whether we have the strength of mind as a society to scrutinize our history, warts and all.
In Search Of The Fisherman’S Path: Rethinking The American Assault On Queenston Heights,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
In Search Of The Fisherman’S Path: Rethinking The American Assault On Queenston Heights, Guy St-Denis
Canadian Military History
Canadian historians of the War of 1812 tend to associate a fisherman’s path with the initial success achieved by the Americans at the Battle of Queenston Heights. Unobserved, they made their way to the top of the escarpment and forced Brock to evacuate the redan battery located just below the brow of the heights. Desperate to retake this commanding position, Brock launched the ill-fated charge which resulted in his untimely death. It is a standard interpretation. But as this study reveals, the Americans had no particular need of a fisherman’s path.
Coal: A Significant Factor In Germany’S Defeat In World War I,
2018
Wilfrid Laurier University
Coal: A Significant Factor In Germany’S Defeat In World War I, Joseph Zeller
Canadian Military History
More than a hundred years have passed since the outbreak of the World War I, but there are still fundamental gaps in our understanding of the conflict. It has been generally recognized that the British blockade of Germany played the central role in bringing about Germany’s surrender. The German economy, industry and military came to suffer as a result of domestic shortages of all kinds, but especially of coal. In the gridlock of devastation and military force that had developed by 1916 coal came to represent a most effective tool of British allied force that Germany could not counter and …
Looking Ahead To The 2018 Pohanka Internship Program,
2018
Gettysburg College
Looking Ahead To The 2018 Pohanka Internship Program, Ryan Bilger
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
This summer, 21 Gettysburg College students will head to the front lines of public history through the Brian C. Pohanka Internship Program. From Andersonville National Historic Site to Minute Man National Historical Park, these interns will carry forward the legacy of the late Brian C. Pohanka, while also developing their own skills in the field of public history. Brian Pohanka was an avid student of the Civil War who shared his love of the past through presenting and reenacting, as some of the interns who bear his name will do this summer. They will work at some of the sites …
Miller, George W., B. 1843? (Sc 3220),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Miller, George W., B. 1843? (Sc 3220), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3220. Letter, 19 January 1863, of George W. Miller to his sister. In camp at Bowling Green, Kentucky, the unhappy soldier writes of the threat of death from battle and disease, of “tyrannical” officers, and of a debt owed to him at home. He is angered to learn that an uncle in Fostoria, Ohio is a secessionist. He also mentions his brother Jacob’s engagement in a “big fight” lasting five days.
Webster, Mrs. William - Letter To (Sc 3221),
2018
Western Kentucky University
Webster, Mrs. William - Letter To (Sc 3221), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3221. Letter, October 1864, written by “Ann” to her sister, Mrs. William Webster in Lorain County, Ohio, apparently after leaving home to join her husband Ed, stationed at a garrison in Columbus, Kentucky. Ann writes of her recent illness and the frequency of sickness in women coming from the North; of Ed’s military duties; of a “boy” back home; and of her lack of fear when alarms are raised at the garrison. In an apparent reference to Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, she doubts that he will …
The Combat In France Of The U.S. 360th Infantry Regiment And The Death Of First Lieutenant George P. Cole On November 2, 1918, In The Battle Of Meuse-Argonne,
2018
LSU New Orleans
The Combat In France Of The U.S. 360th Infantry Regiment And The Death Of First Lieutenant George P. Cole On November 2, 1918, In The Battle Of Meuse-Argonne, Ralston P. Cole
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
This thesis is an investigation that combines historical research into military records and genealogy in the examination of the brief military career and death in courageous circumstances of George P. Cole. It also considers the policies of the U.S. military as regards battlefield treatment of deaths, immediate burial and subsequent repatriation of the remains. The author draws upon family records, official government reports and the recollections of the friends and superiors of the deceased.
Both Sides Of The Barbed Wire: Lives Of German Prisoners Of War And African Americans In Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 1944-1946,
2018
LSU New Orleans
Both Sides Of The Barbed Wire: Lives Of German Prisoners Of War And African Americans In Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 1944-1946, Claire Delucca
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Located outside of Alexandria, Louisiana, Camp Claiborne was temporarily home to more than 500,000 U.S. servicemen and women during its short existence. Thousands of German prisoners of war also were held for more than two years in a section of the camp. Racial problems stemming from the policies of Jim Crow South and the blatant inequality eventually led to an African American mutiny within the camp. The events from 1944 to 1946 at Camp Claiborne provide insight into the mindsets of white Southerners and the generation of African Americans who would influence the major civil rights victories in the following …
Your Commencement Weekend Guide To Visiting Gettysburg,
2018
Gettysburg College
Your Commencement Weekend Guide To Visiting Gettysburg, Abigail K. Major
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Commencement weekend is nearing, which has inspired us to compile a list of Civil War activities and programs you can take part in during your visit. The following events and activities are suitable whether you are a Civil War buff, general history enthusiast, or are just curious about learning more about the Civil War. [excerpt]
A Slaughter Forgotten: A Reflection On The Wayside On Iverson’S Assault,
2018
Gettysburg College
A Slaughter Forgotten: A Reflection On The Wayside On Iverson’S Assault, Zachary A. Wesley
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Nearly every visitor to Gettysburg can easily point to Pickett’s Charge as the bloodiest loss the Confederates suffered on the field during the three days of fighting here. However, few know that another Confederate assault during the battle rivaled the horrendous casualty rates of July 3. On the afternoon of July 1, Brigadier General Alfred Iverson ordered his North Carolina brigade forward against the Federal positions on Oak Ridge, essentially sending them to their slaughter. [excerpt]
