Access is restricted. This subcourse examines how and why the US Army has organized, prepared for war, and engaged in combat from 1898 to the present. Figures included : Light Infantry and Close Combat Forces in Perspective ; Evolution of the Division Span of Control, Equipment, and Tactical Doctrine. US Army 1917-1945 ; and Post World War II National Security Policy. Readings included : Arms and the Constitution, 1778-94; The postwar Army: command, staff, and line; Elihu Root and the General Staff; Ambivalent warfare: the tactical doctrine of the AEF in World War I; St. Mihiel : the birth of an American Army; The deterioration of the Army between wars; Germany first : the basic concept of Allied strategy in World War II; Shaping the American Army of World War II : mobility versus power; Evolution of US Armor mobility; Global war : 1941-45; Transition; The atomic revolution; Korea, June 1950; The search for a strategy; Excerpts from: From active defense to airland battle; A history of US Army force structuring.