A Hike Through History: Students Explore The Appalachian Trail,
2016
Gettysburg College
A Hike Through History: Students Explore The Appalachian Trail, Laurel J. Wilson
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Hiking is a great way to get outside, commune with nature, and connect with the surrounding area. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hiking one of my favorite sections of the Appalachian Trail in a manner that was completely different than I had ever before experienced. Instead of dressing in my usual 21st century hiking attire, I, along with several others, opted to take things back about 154 years and dressed as a Union soldier would have in 1862.
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The Unknown Legacy Of The 13th Amendment,
2016
Gettysburg College
The Unknown Legacy Of The 13th Amendment, Danielle E. Jones
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the 13th Amendment, declaring slavery illegal in the United States. Or so it seemed. The second line of the Amendment, and the most oft unknown, states that slavery can still be used as a form of punishment for crimes, and this practice became widely used as a part of southern backlash to Reconstruction Era policies. After the end of the Civil War, many southern states struggled with rebuilding their infrastructures and government systems. In order to avoid falling into more debt, many of these states turned towards the convict lease system, which claimed that …
The 2016 Fortenbaugh Lecture: Individual Responses To Lincoln’S Assassination,
2016
Gettysburg College
The 2016 Fortenbaugh Lecture: Individual Responses To Lincoln’S Assassination, Hannah M. Christensen
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Every year on November 19th, the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, a distinguished scholar of the Civil War Era is invited to speak as part of the Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture and present an aspect of the Civil War in a format that the general public can understand. This year, the 55th annual Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr. Martha Hodes of New York University. Dr. Hodes’ lecture was based on her book Mourning Lincoln and argued, based on personal primary sources from the immediate aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, that Americans’ responses were by no means consistent. Not …
A Soldier And His Many Hats: The Evolution Of American Military Headgear,
2016
Gettysburg College
A Soldier And His Many Hats: The Evolution Of American Military Headgear, Jonathan E. Tracey
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
Military headgear is a fascinating topic. It exists on a spectrum from the gaudy to the protective, but how did headgear evolve with the military? Interestingly, changes from the decorative to the practical can be examined through this blog’s favorite topic, the 1800s and the American Civil War. By tracing key changes in American military headgear in the 1800s, ideas about the nature of war, as well as how the United States was distancing itself from Europe, become clear.
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Where Was Canada? The Canadian Military Contribution To The British Commonwealth Second World War Campaign In North Africa,
2016
Wilfrid Laurier University
Where Was Canada? The Canadian Military Contribution To The British Commonwealth Second World War Campaign In North Africa, Andrew Stewart
Canadian Military History
The campaign fought by predominantly British Commonwealth forces in North Africa during the Second World War, in many respects, represented a final example of imperial solidarity and unity. Whilst the United States participated during the final stages prior to the surrender of Axis forces in May 1943, it was Britain and its Empire that provided most of the resources and manpower and contested most of the battles. Canada, however, played only a relatively minor part and this paper seeks to examine the associated decision-making process that took place in London and Ottawa and discuss the tensions that arose.
Destroying The Panthers: The Effect Of Allied Combat Action On I./Ss Panzer Regiment 12 In Normandy, 1944,
2016
Wilfrid Laurier University
Destroying The Panthers: The Effect Of Allied Combat Action On I./Ss Panzer Regiment 12 In Normandy, 1944, Arthur Gullachsen
Canadian Military History
This article is an examination of the operational record of the World War Two German Panther tank during the Normandy Campaign of summer 1944. Challenging its perception as mechanically unreliable, this article argues Allied combat action was responsible for a large percentage of Panthers that were out of action. Secondly, the inferior resources of the German tank replacement and repair program were no match for superior Canadian Army practices during 1944. To support these arguments the author examines Canadian and German wartime primary documents as well as multiple secondary sources.
More Sieve Than Shield: The U.S. Army And Cords In The Pacification Of Phu Yen Province, Republic Of Vietnam, 1965-1972,
2016
University of Southern Mississippi
More Sieve Than Shield: The U.S. Army And Cords In The Pacification Of Phu Yen Province, Republic Of Vietnam, 1965-1972, Robert John Thompson Iii
Dissertations
This dissertation addresses the meaning and execution of pacification during the Vietnam War in the Republic of Vietnam’s Phu Yen Province. Vietnam War scholarship never defined the term, an unsurprising fact given those that directed the war itself never agreed on a lasting interpretation. Void of an analysis of the word, pacification is erroneously discussed as a separate facet, rather than the foundation, of the war. When discussed, pacification is often seen solely as the developmental aspect of the war and one far removed from the battles waged by conventional armies. On the contrary, two dissimilar and tangentially related wars …
Bearing The Double Burden: Combat Chaplains And The Vietnam War,
2016
University of Southern Mississippi
Bearing The Double Burden: Combat Chaplains And The Vietnam War, John Donellan Fitzmorris Iii
Dissertations
Throughout the period of the Vietnam War, soldiers and Marines of the United States Military were accompanied into the combat zones by members of the clergy who were also part of the military. These chaplains attempted to bring God to the men in the field by providing spiritual and moral support through worship services and certain counseling duties. A number of chaplains, however, believed so strongly in their ministry that they refused to simply stay “on base” and instead shouldered their packs and journeyed with their troops into the most perilous combat zones. In so doing , these combat chaplains …
Combat Psychology: Learning To Kill In The U.S. Military, 1947-2012,
2016
Winthrop University
Combat Psychology: Learning To Kill In The U.S. Military, 1947-2012, Patrick Mckinnie
Graduate Theses
In his 1947 work Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command, historian S. L. A. Marshall convinced the U.S. government and military of the critical need for improved techniques in combat psychology. However, his more fundamental assertion that soldiers needed to be trained to overcome an innate psychological resistance to killing would prompt some in the military as well as scholars and medical experts to examine the heart and mind of the soldier in combat. As a result, an emergent science called killology became a critical component in the U.S. military’s quest to better train soldiers for the …
Faith In War: The American Roots Of Global Conflict,
2016
US Army War College
Faith In War: The American Roots Of Global Conflict, Gregory Daddis
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Foreign Military Educations As Pla Soft Power,
2016
US Army War College
Foreign Military Educations As Pla Soft Power, John S. Van Oudenaren, Benjamin E. Fisher
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The Crisis Of American Military Primacy And The Search For Strategic Solvency,
2016
US Army War College
The Crisis Of American Military Primacy And The Search For Strategic Solvency, Hal Brands, Eric Edelman
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Ends+Ways+Means=(Bad) Strategy,
2016
US Army War College
Ends+Ways+Means=(Bad) Strategy, Jeffrey W. Meiser
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The Crisis At Fort Sumter: The Symbolic Monument That Transformed Northern And Southern Opinions During The Start Of The Civil War,
2016
Butler University
The Crisis At Fort Sumter: The Symbolic Monument That Transformed Northern And Southern Opinions During The Start Of The Civil War, Olivia C. Cabanban
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Understanding the complexity of the Battle at Fort Sumter and the changing opinions of Northerners and Southerners acts as means of delving into the deeper roots of slavery, secession, and national discourse that laced our nation’s undeniable history. The first firings at Fort Sumter were the flashpoint of the entirety of the Civil War, triggering the four years of battle, death, destruction, and competing nationalisms that ensued between the North and South. Because the histories of the war—more specifically the battle of Fort Sumter—are biased because they are written from points of views laced with Confederate and Unionist undertones, comprehending …
Winning At The Graduate Level Of Warfare: Six Core Factors Of A Successful Counterinsurgency Campaign And The Example Of Sierra Leone,
2016
University of Southern Mississippi
Winning At The Graduate Level Of Warfare: Six Core Factors Of A Successful Counterinsurgency Campaign And The Example Of Sierra Leone, John D. Rimann
Honors Theses
The most common form of warfare so far in the 21st Century has been insurgencies and counterinsurgencies, types of warfare which are particularly challenging for industrialized Western nations to wage effectively. This paper identifies six factors of primary importance which form the key to a successful counterinsurgency campaign. These factors are legitimacy, clarity, beneficial geopolitical factors, restraint, intellectual understanding, and an enduring commitment. This paper argues that these factors must all be present for a counterinsurgency campaign to succeed, and argues that without these factors being accounted for a counterinsurgency will fail. The British humanitarian intervention in Sierra Leone in …
From The Editor,
2016
SSI
From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Ensuring Effective Military Voice,
2016
US Army War College
Ensuring Effective Military Voice, William E. Rapp
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Solving America's Gray-Zone Puzzle,
2016
US Army War College
Solving America's Gray-Zone Puzzle, Isaiah Wilson Iii, Scot Smitson
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Strategic Uncertainty, The Third Offset, And The Us Grand Strategy,
2016
US Army War College
Strategic Uncertainty, The Third Offset, And The Us Grand Strategy, Ionut C. Popescu
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Commentary And Reply,
2016
US Army War College
Commentary And Reply, Usawc Press
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
