The War Against Germany is the U.S. Army's official pictorial record of the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns of World War II. It is an impressive compilation of hundreds of the best pictures taken by U.S. armed forces photographers, specially selected and captioned by a distinguished team of Army historians. In compelling detail, these photos show the soldiers' living conditions, their training methods, their weapons and those of their opponents, the terrain over which they fought, and the support they received from the U.S. Army Air Forces and the U.S. Navy. Also included are rare German combat photographs that give a good picture of what it was like on the other side of the lines. The War Against Germany covers every aspect of the American build-up in the United Kingdom, the air offensive in Europe, and the fierce combat that ranged across Europe until the fall of the Third Reich. It provides, as only such a comprehensive photographic volume can, an intimate understanding of the war from the GI's perspective. The Center of Military History is the U.S. Army's official historian unit. The War Against Germany and The War Against Japan (also published by Brassey's) supplement the center's classic narrative volumes of the U.S. Army in World War II, commonly known to historians as the Army's Green Series. The center is located in Washington, D.C.

The War Against Germany: Europe and Adjacent Areas (United States Army in World War II)

History

Center of Military History United States ARmy

Americas

Potomac Books Inc.

The War Against Japan (United States Army in World War II)

Hunter, Kenneth E.

CMH Publication 70-30.Edited by Frank N. Schubert and Theresa L. Kraus. Discusses the United States Army's role in the Persian Gulf War from August 1990 to February 1991. Shows the various strands that came together to produce the army of the 1990s and how that army in turn performed under fire and in the glare of world attention. Retains a sense of immediacy in its approach. Contains maps which were carefully researched and compiled as original documents in their own right. Includes an index.

The Whirlwind War: The United States Army in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm (Cmh Pub ; 70-30)

Military

Center of Military History

The Regular Army Before the Civil War 1845 - 1860 (The U.S. Army Campaigns of the Civil War)

Clayton R. Newell

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response is a powerful story of pain, terror, pride, courage, and compassion. It celebrates the magnificent spirit of the men and women who make up America's military community.This work describes the Army's exceptionally effective response to the tragic events on 23 March 1994 at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. On that day a large number of Army paratroopers from nearby Fort Bragg had assembled in an area adjacent to the airstrip known as Green Ramp, preparing to board a transport that would carry them aloft for a training parachute jump. They never made that j ump. Shortly after 1400 hours two aircraft attempted to land simultaneously at Pope. The resulting crash produced a massive fire that brought death or injury to more than a hundred paratroopers- the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the 82d Airborne Division since World War II.You will recognize the troopers, doctors, medics, chaplains, volunteers, and family members who triumphed over tragedy; some by name, but most by type. They are, in truth, much like you and me- essentially ordinary people cast in extraordinary roles by fate. What they shared was a fierce loyalty to one another.

Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response

Condon-Rall, Mary Ellan

Defense acquisition reform initiatives have been Department of Defense perennials over the past fifty years. Yet reforming the acquisition process remains a high priority each time a new administration comes into office. Many notable studies of defense acquisition with recommendations for changes have been published, and each has reached the same general findings with similar recommendations. However, despite the defense community’s intent to reform the acquisition process, the difficulty of the problem and the associated politics, combined with organizational dynamics that are resistant to change, have led to only minor improvements. The problems of schedule slippages, cost growth, and shortfalls in technical performance on defense acquisition programs have remained much the same throughout this period. The importance of the Department of Defense’s huge acquisition projects over the years cannot be overstressed. The United States has often turned to cutting-edge technological solutions to solve strategic and operational challenges. To highlight the importance of acquisition issues, the Department of Defense began a project in 2001 to write a history of defense acquisition from the end of World War II to the start of the twenty-first century. The U.S. Army Center of Military History served as the executive agent for that project until funding was effectively withdrawn in 2009. Two volumes of that history are nearing publication, which will take the story up to 1969. To capitalize on essential information on defense acquisition reform initiatives from the three unpublished draft volumes covering the period from 1969 to 2000, the Center decided to publish extracts from those volumes, with additional analysis by J. Ronald Fox, a subject matter expert on acquisition and an adviser to the project. Much of chapter two of this acquisition reform study was written by Walton S. Moody and David G. Allen for their draft Volume III (1969–1980) of the Defense Acquisition History Project and then edited, analyzed, and augmented by Fox. Similarly, most of chapter three was taken from Thomas C. Lassman’s draft chapters three and five of his Volume IV (1981–1990), and much of chapter four was written by Philip L. Shiman as chapter eight of his Volume V (1991–2000) of the Defense Acquisition History Project. Fox was able to take their chapters, provide additional analysis and insights, and consolidate and edit them with his own work to prepare this important volume focusing on defense acquisition reform. This volume is the result of all of their research and writing efforts and their collective insights into an incredibly complex system. Professor Fox’s Defense Acquisition Reform, 1960–2009: An Elusive Goal, provides valuable historical analysis of the numerous attempts over the past fifty years to reform the defense acquisition process for major weapons systems. It identifies important long-term trends, insights, and observations that provide perspective and context to assist current defense decision makers, acquisition officials, and the acquisition schoolhouse. It is an important work on an important subject that continues to defy solution.

Defense Acquisition Reform, 1960-2009: An Elusive Goal

Politics & Social Sciences

Fox, J. Ronald

Politics & Government

Lineages, honors, heraldic items, and bibliographies of the twenty-four regiments in the force structure at the end of 1982.

Air Defense Artillery

Advice and Support: The Early Years 1941-1960

The German winter counteroffensive of December 1944-January 1945 with a detailed description of German plans and Allied efforts to eliminate the bulge in their lines.

The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge

Landing of U.S. VI Corps at Anzio in an attempt to bypass German defenses blocking the approach to Rome, January-May 1944

Anzio Beachhead, 22 January- 25 May1944

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