Readings included: Extracts from Terrain Factors in the Russian Campaign; Desert Operations Handbook; After-action Report-Bright Star 81; Trip Report, Bright Star 81; The Desert: Its Effect on Soldiers; and Desert Training Tips. This course will focus on the planning and execution of offensive operations in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Students will be required to apply offensive doctrine and exercise tactical judgement in conjunction with combined arms capabilities in a variety of hypothetical combat operations to include movement to contact, hasty and deliberate attack, river crossing, airmobile assault, and military operations in special environments. They will develop tactical plans for operations at brigade through corps level and react to execution requirements. Plans and concepts will be presented for group discussion and critique. The advance book contains the following selected student papers: Lessons Learned and Operational Techniques in Desert Operations--A Review of the Middle East and North Africa Campaigns of World War II, MAJ Robin Robertson; Position Defense in Desert Operations--Stutzpunkt; MAJ Arthur Coupe; Desert Operations: The Marine Infantry Battalion in a Strong Point Defense, MAJ Jack Klimp; The Effects of Sand Dunes on Trafficability, MAJ Richard Johnson; Chemical Warfare in the Desert, MAJ E.G. Fish; The Battle of Beda Formm--A Case Study, MAJ Charles Little; Motocycles in Desert Combat, MAJ Gordon Hurford; Effective Leadership Under Special Environmental Conditions, MAJ Bill Burdick; and Range Estimation in a Desert Environment, MAJ Edward Oliver.