Raising the Bar: The School of Advanced Military Studies and the Introduction of Operational Art into U.S. Army Doctrine, 1983–1994 IMSD Called “buffalo soldiers” by the

Called “buffalo soldiers” by the Cheyenne because of their hair

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the successful implementation of these often complex and intrusive verification regimes frequently goes unnoticed

Frank Nash

A familiar landmark of Fort Leavenworth

Raising the Bar: The School of Advanced Military Studies and the Introduction of Operational Art into U.S. Army Doctrine, 1983–1994 IMSD Called “buffalo soldiers” by theThis is the story of the first ten years of the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) and the remarkable reputation quickly acquired by its graduates, educated in a pre World War II horse cavalry stable at Fort Leavenworth. It is also the story of the doctrinal revolution in which SAMS played an important rolea doctrinal shift that energized how the U. S. Army thought about and fought its wars. It may be claimed that the combination of a new,