"It was difficult to select a title that is entirely suitable for the contents of the book. For want of a better title the present one was chosen, but in full realization that the subject is not as exhaustively treated as the title may imply. Of one thing the author is quite certain, however: the contents of the study are of vital significance to the origins of U.S. Army Civil Affairs - Military Government (CAMG) doctrine, incomplete though the treatment of the subject may be. The formulation of CAMG doctrine is considered only through 1943, at which time the Joint Army and Navy Manual of Civil Affairs had only just been completed and printed. This manual became the basic guide for CAMG activities in World War II. The growth of CAMG doctrine that resulted from the several tremendous occupations of World War II after 1943 is not encompassed in the study, though in the final section of the last chapter a summation of the more significant developments in CAMG since 1943 has been included." -- Preface.

Edgar L. Erikson, Capt. USAR (Ret); Professor of History, University of Illinois -- Draft manuscript on civil affairs-military government during World War II. One draft manuscript is titled "An Introduction to military government - civil affairs in World War II" and the other draft is titled "Foundations of civil affairs-military government doctrine of the U.S. Army in World War II (To 1943)."

Part 1. Civil Affairs Responsibility of the War Department -- Civil Affairs Responsibility in World Wars I and II -- Civil Affairs Responsibility Before World War I -- Part 2. Civil Affairs Studies at the Army War College -- Origin and Development of the Army War College -- War College Conceptions of Civil Affairs -- The Development of Civil Affairs Planning at the War College, 1921 to 1932 -- The Development of Civil Affairs Planning at the War College, 1933 to 1940 -- Part 3. War Department Civil Affairs Publications (including the origin of FM 27-5 Military Government) -- Part 4. The Joint Army-Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs -- Appendix 1. Tables of Organization for Civil Affairs Sections in Civil Affairs Plan for an Agricultural Area -- Appendix 2. Recommendations for Civil Affairs Staffs in Theater of Operations and Territorial Subdivisions -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Guide to Footnotes -- Bibliographical Note.