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Dr. John T. Broom holds a Ph.D. in History from the Graduate School of the Union Institute in Cincinnati Ohio, studying under Sir Michael Howard (Lovett Professor of History at Yale University) and Professor Jay Luvaas (Chair of the Strategy Department at the U.S. Army War College) as co-chair of his dissertation committee. His dissertation was on the development of the United States Army’s Experimental Mechanized Force in the 1930s and the influences on its tactical and operational doctrine. His principal area of study was a comparative study of British, German, and American diplomatic and military policy in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. In addition, Dr. Broom has studied Irish History, the history of political thought, Early American History and Early Modern European History. Dr. Broom has taught history, political science, and readings courses for colleges and community colleges in Vermont, Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri, covering a broad range of topics from the survey courses to Military History in the Ancient World, American Revolution, Early Modern Europe, American West, American and European Diplomatic History, The History of Military Thought and Graduate Historiography. John’s current research interests focus on the development of American theological, political, and intellectual trends in the 18th and 19th Century, and especially the impact of Continental philosophical influences and historicist trends that profoundly affected the American political and cultural system and how they have affected the history of America in the 20th Century.
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Military Review, 1997
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in Vietnam has been paralleled in this century by the Soviets in Afghanis... more THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in Vietnam has been paralleled in this century by the Soviets in Afghanistan, the French in Algeria and Indochina, the British in Northern Ireland and, in a slightly different manner, the Israelis in Palestine and the Rhodesians in Zimbabwe. During this century, especially over the past 45 years, the suppression of insurgencies has been difficult. However, in the preceding century the experience of the major powers was much different. What changed and how did the change reduce the counterinsurgent's ability to defeat the previously troublesome but normally unsuccessful insurgents? Certain warfare elements clearly change and evolve over time. Weapons, modes of transport, ancillary technologies and the tactics used to employ them are the most easily identifiable. However, these factors fit into the matrix of leadership, firepower, mobility and protection. While the matrix is dynamic, "puzzling it out" is essentially a simple military problem. The ...
: Compound warfare (CW) is the simultaneous use of a regular or main force and an irregular or gu... more : Compound warfare (CW) is the simultaneous use of a regular or main force and an irregular or guerrilla force against an enemy. In other words, the CW operator increases his military leverage by applying both conventional and unconventional force at the same time. This collection contains studies of conflicts that occurred in three different centuries and in many different social, political, economic, and military environments. While the cases examined are dissimilar in numerous ways, they are linked by the presence within them of some variant of compound warfare. Dr. Michael D. Pearlman's essay on 18th century Indian wars describes an environment in which a wide variety of military operators were interacting. Pearlman concludes that French and British adversaries both employed elements of compound warfare. Dr. Jerry D. Morelock's study evaluates George Washington's achievement as a main force commander in a compound warfare environment. Dr. Thomas M. Huber's analys...
ABC-CLIO, American Public University online library. …, 2008
ABC Clio Encyclopedia of American War, 2008
ABC Clio Encyclopedia of American Wars, 2008
One of the seven major bands of the Lakota Nation who after the migration from Minnesota were loc... more One of the seven major bands of the Lakota Nation who after the migration from Minnesota were located primarily in Western South Dakota, Western Nebraska and Wyoming though in the 1870s many were located in Montana as well. The Lakota nation was split into seven major bands in three groupings; the Miniconjou were part of the central grouping with the Hunkpapa, Blackfoot Sioux and Sans Arc to the north and the Oglala and Brule to the south. The Miniconjou shared the central area of the Lakota range with the Two Kettles band.
ABC Clio Encyclopedia of American War., 2008
ABC-Clio Encyclopedia of American Wars, 2008
Philosophers of War, 2013
Name of Theory: Urban Insurgency Branch: N/A Significance: The Irish War of Independence is a mod... more Name of Theory: Urban Insurgency Branch: N/A Significance: The Irish War of Independence is a model for the conduct of a national revolution against an established but perceived to be foreign administration as well as a rural and urban insurgency against an apparently entrenched administrative and security organization. Collins' activities were central to the uprising against the administration and government of British Ireland in the period 1917-1922; especially in the fields of finance, intelligence, counter-intelligence and targeted assassination. Michael Collins was a practitioner not a theorist. Context: After the defeat of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin during the First War, it was apparent that a direct campaign of conventional warfare would not be successful in gaining the objectives of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The
Drafts by John T . Broom
How is it that the English political parties are shaken to their foundations and even shattered i... more How is it that the English political parties are shaken to their foundations and even shattered in almost every generation by contact with Irish affairs? ...Whence does this mysterious power of Ireland come? It is a small poor, sparsely populated island, lapped about by English Seapower, accessible on every side, without iron or coal. How is it that she sways our parties, and inflicts us with bitterness, and deranges our actions? How is it she has forced generation after generation to stop the whole traffic of the British Empire to debate her domestic affairs? i
Military Review, 1997
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in Vietnam has been paralleled in this century by the Soviets in Afghanis... more THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in Vietnam has been paralleled in this century by the Soviets in Afghanistan, the French in Algeria and Indochina, the British in Northern Ireland and, in a slightly different manner, the Israelis in Palestine and the Rhodesians in Zimbabwe. During this century, especially over the past 45 years, the suppression of insurgencies has been difficult. However, in the preceding century the experience of the major powers was much different. What changed and how did the change reduce the counterinsurgent's ability to defeat the previously troublesome but normally unsuccessful insurgents? Certain warfare elements clearly change and evolve over time. Weapons, modes of transport, ancillary technologies and the tactics used to employ them are the most easily identifiable. However, these factors fit into the matrix of leadership, firepower, mobility and protection. While the matrix is dynamic, "puzzling it out" is essentially a simple military problem. The ...
: Compound warfare (CW) is the simultaneous use of a regular or main force and an irregular or gu... more : Compound warfare (CW) is the simultaneous use of a regular or main force and an irregular or guerrilla force against an enemy. In other words, the CW operator increases his military leverage by applying both conventional and unconventional force at the same time. This collection contains studies of conflicts that occurred in three different centuries and in many different social, political, economic, and military environments. While the cases examined are dissimilar in numerous ways, they are linked by the presence within them of some variant of compound warfare. Dr. Michael D. Pearlman's essay on 18th century Indian wars describes an environment in which a wide variety of military operators were interacting. Pearlman concludes that French and British adversaries both employed elements of compound warfare. Dr. Jerry D. Morelock's study evaluates George Washington's achievement as a main force commander in a compound warfare environment. Dr. Thomas M. Huber's analys...
ABC-CLIO, American Public University online library. …, 2008
ABC Clio Encyclopedia of American War, 2008
ABC Clio Encyclopedia of American Wars, 2008
One of the seven major bands of the Lakota Nation who after the migration from Minnesota were loc... more One of the seven major bands of the Lakota Nation who after the migration from Minnesota were located primarily in Western South Dakota, Western Nebraska and Wyoming though in the 1870s many were located in Montana as well. The Lakota nation was split into seven major bands in three groupings; the Miniconjou were part of the central grouping with the Hunkpapa, Blackfoot Sioux and Sans Arc to the north and the Oglala and Brule to the south. The Miniconjou shared the central area of the Lakota range with the Two Kettles band.
ABC Clio Encyclopedia of American War., 2008
ABC-Clio Encyclopedia of American Wars, 2008
Philosophers of War, 2013
Name of Theory: Urban Insurgency Branch: N/A Significance: The Irish War of Independence is a mod... more Name of Theory: Urban Insurgency Branch: N/A Significance: The Irish War of Independence is a model for the conduct of a national revolution against an established but perceived to be foreign administration as well as a rural and urban insurgency against an apparently entrenched administrative and security organization. Collins' activities were central to the uprising against the administration and government of British Ireland in the period 1917-1922; especially in the fields of finance, intelligence, counter-intelligence and targeted assassination. Michael Collins was a practitioner not a theorist. Context: After the defeat of the Easter Rising of 1916 in Dublin during the First War, it was apparent that a direct campaign of conventional warfare would not be successful in gaining the objectives of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. The
How is it that the English political parties are shaken to their foundations and even shattered i... more How is it that the English political parties are shaken to their foundations and even shattered in almost every generation by contact with Irish affairs? ...Whence does this mysterious power of Ireland come? It is a small poor, sparsely populated island, lapped about by English Seapower, accessible on every side, without iron or coal. How is it that she sways our parties, and inflicts us with bitterness, and deranges our actions? How is it she has forced generation after generation to stop the whole traffic of the British Empire to debate her domestic affairs? i