History that Matters

Abstract

Many of the historical highlights of the United States are connected in one way or another to military conflict. Most of those are well documented, detailing what decisions were made by whom and what resulted from the decision. Some of those decisions are very similar to the ones being made today. Furthermore, some decisions were made during peacetime but had lasting effects on actual combat. These lessons are valuable tools that can benefit the entire chain of command. Many good historical examples can be applied to modern combat operations. However, this essay will limit the topic to discussion of the Civil War, World War I, military draw-downs, and the Global War on Terrorism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 16, 2008
Accession Number
AD1132688

Entities

People

  • Michael D. Dodson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Army
  • Automatic Weapons
  • Civil War
  • Civil War (United States)
  • Cold War
  • Combat Operations
  • Economics
  • Far East
  • First Responders
  • Handbooks
  • History
  • Korea
  • Lessons Learned
  • Machine Guns
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Peacetime
  • Social Sciences
  • Task Forces
  • Terrorism
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design