Land Forces in Modern Strategy

Abstract

Lieutenant General DeWitt C. Smith, Jr., became the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel on 1 August of this year. Prior to his promotion and reassignment, he had been Commandant, US Army War College since July 1974. Having served briefly in the early days of World War II as a rifleman in the Canadian Essex Scottish Regiment, then Major General Smith was invited to present this lecture a the Canadian National Defence College in the spring of this year. Much in demand as both a writer and a speaker, General Smith has been a frequent contributor to Parameters. This article was adapted from an address delivered at the Canadian National Defense College, 14 April 1977.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA510913

Entities

People

  • Dewitt C. Smith Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Artillery
  • Central Europe
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • Germany
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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