James Holsinger collection on military documents
Abstract
The James Holsinger collection on military documents (dated 1905-1990, undated; 4 cubic feet; 4 boxes) comprises U.S. Army manuals, handbooks, and intelligence reports primarily regarding Soviet tactics.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- James Holsinger collection on military documents
- Date
- 1905-1990, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Holsinger, James
- Extent
- 4 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- United States -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
- United States -- History -- World War, 1914-1918
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Cold war.
- Military records
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2015ms088: [identification of item], James Holsinger collection on military documents, 1905-1990, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collection Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- James Wilson Holsinger, Jr. is a physician, former U.S Army General, and as of 2009, professor at the University of Kentucky. Holsinger served as Chief Medical Director of Veteran's Affairs (VA) from 1990-1993, Chancellor of the University of Kentucky's Chandler Medical Center from 1994-2003, and as the Kentucky Secretary of Health and Family Services from 2003-2005. In 2007 he was nominated by President George W. Bush for the position of Surgeon General of the United States, though his candidacy was met with controversy, causing him to lose the nomination. Holsinger has also held numerous positions of leadership in the United Methodist Church. Holsinger spent twenty six years in the VA, as well as thirty-one years in the Unites States Army Reserve, from which he retired in 1993.
- Scope and Content
- The James Holsinger collection on military documents (dated 1905-1990, undated; 4 cubic feet; 4 boxes) comprises U.S. Army manuals, handbooks, and intelligence reports primarily regarding Soviet tactics. Also includes printed materials from World War I, World War II, and Vietnam.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Air War College, 1972-1978
"Chapter 7: Soviet Political, Economic, and Social Systems", Air University, 1976
"Chapter 8: Soviet Military Doctrine, Capabilities, and Strategy", Air University, 1976
"Chapter 9: Chinese Political, Economic, and Social Systems", Air University, 1976
"Selected Soviet Writings on Military Power and Strategy", Air University, 1976
"Ideologies in Conflict", Air University, 1972
"Background on the Soviet Union", Air University, 1978
"Evolution of the Sino-Soviet Split", Air University, 1977
"The Development of the Soviet Armed Forces", Air University, 1977
"The Chinese Communist Armed Forces", Air University, 1974
"United States/Soviet Military Balance", Air University, 1976
"Background Information on the People's Republic of China", Air University, 1976
"Doctrine, Strategy, and Ethic: The Modernization of the Chinese People's Liberation Army", Air University, 1977
Army Field Manuals, 1961-1984
"FM21-26: Map Reading", Department of the Army, 1969
"FM21-30: Military Symbols", Department of the Army, 1970
"FM21-31: Topographic Symbols", Department of the Army, 1961
"FM21-33: Terrain Analysis", Department of the Army, 1978
"FM21-75: Combat Skills of the Soldier", Department of the Army, 1984
"FM30-40: Handbook on the Soviet Ground Forces", Department of the Army, 1975
"FM71-3: Armored and Mechanical Brigade Operations", Department of the Army, 1980
"FM71-100: Armored and Mechanized Division Operations", 1979
"FM-90-2: Tactical Deception"Department of the Army, 1978
"FM90-3: Desert Operations", Department of the Army, 1977
"FM90-6: Mountain Operations", Department of the Army, 1980
"FM90-10: Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT)", Department of the Army, 1979
"FM90-13: River Crossing Operations", Department of the Army, 1978
"FM100-5: Operations", Department of the Army, 1982
Army War College, 1976-1989
"Strategic Military Studies, Volume 1: Evolution of Military Strategy", United States Army War College, 1976
"Strategic Military Studies, Volume 2: Evolution of Military Strategy", United States Army War College, 1976
"Strategic Military Studies, Volume 3: Evolution of Military Strategy" United States Army War College, 1976
"The Vietnam War", United States Army War College, 1977
"Lesson 1: Strategy and Society", United States Army War College, 1977
"Lesson 2: Objectives of War and the Nature of Military Strategy", United States Army War College, 1977
"Lesson 3: Military Strategy Through World War 1", United States Army War College, 1977
"Lesson 4: Military Strategy: 1918 Through World War 2" United States Army War College, 1977
"The Soviet-Indian Alignment: Quest for Influence", 1979
"Military Strategists: Past and Present", United States Army War College, 1984
"Military Strategy: Theory and Application", United States Army War College, 1986
"Warfighting: Its Theater Application" United States Army War College, 1987
"Campaign Planning", United States Army War College, 1988
"Army Command and Management: Theory and Practice", United States Army War College, 1988
"Campaign Case Studies", United States Army War College, 1988
"Soviet Armed Forces", United States Army War College, 1988
"Inchon Landing, Volume 1: Introduction and Strategic Setting", United States Army War College, 1988
"Inchon Landing, Volume 2: Land Operations", United States Army War College, 1988
"Inchon Landing, Volume 3: Air Operations", United States Army War College, 1988
"Inchon Landing, Volume 4: Naval Operations", United States Army War College, 1988
"Inchon Landing, Volume 5: Logistics", United States Army War College, 1988
"Arab-Israili War", United States Army War College, 1988
"Directive: Strategy-Theory, History, and Morality", United States Army War College, 1989
"Required Readings: Strategy: Theory, History, and Morality", United States Army War College, 1989
"Required Readings: Strategy: Theory, History, and Morality", United States Army War College, 1989
"Regional and Area Maps", United States Army War College, 1989
"Joint and Combined Theater Warfare: World War 1 Case Study: Operation Overlord, Volume 1", 1989
"Joint Combined Theater Warfare: World War 1 Case Study: Operation Overlord, Volume 2", 1989
"Research Survey 1: Amicicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern War", 1982
Combat Studies Institute, 1982-1990
"Research Survey 2: Toward Combined Arms Warfare: A Survey of 20th Century Tactics, Doctrine, and Reorganization", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"Research Survey 3: Rapid Development Logistics: Lebanon, 1958", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"Research Survey 4: The Soviet Airborne Experience", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"Research Survey 5: Standing Fast: German Defensive Doctrine on the Russian Front During World War 1", Combat Studies Institute, 1986
"Research Survey 6: A Historical Perspective on Light Infantry", Combat Studies Institute, 1987
"Research Survey 7: Key to Sinai: The Battles for Abu Ageila in the 1956 and 1967 Arab-Israili Wars", Combat Studies Institute, 1990
"CSI Report 1: The Evolution of the Tank in the United States Army", Combat Studies Institute, 1982
"CSI Report 2: A Comparative Look at Air-Ground Support Doctrine and Practice in World War 2", Combat Studies Institute, 1982
"CSI Report 3: Unit Reconstruction - A Historical Perspective", Combat Studies Institute, 1983
"CSI Report 4: Notes on MIlitary Elite Units", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"CSI Report 5: Conversations with General J. Lawton Collins", Combat Studies Institute, 1986
"CSI Report 7: World War 2 Division Commanders", Combat Studies Institute
"CSI Report 8: Discussions on Training and Employing Light Infantry", Combat Studies Institute
"CSI Report 9: The Directed Telescope: A Traditional Element of Effective Command", Combat Studies Institute, 1985
"CSI Report 10: Night Combat Operations", Combat Studies Institute, 1985
"CSI Report 11: Soviet Defensive Tactics at Kursk, July, 1943", Combat Studies Institute, 1986
"Towards Combined Arms Warfare: A Survey of Tactics, Doctrine, and Reorganization in the 21st Century", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"The Loraine Campaign: An Overview, September - December 1944", Combat Studies Institute, 1985
"The 4th Armored Division in the Encirclement of Nancy", Combat Studies Institute, 1986
"The 9th Australian Division Versus the Africa Corps: An Infantry Division Against Tanks-Tobruk, Libya, 1941", Combat Studies Institute, 1986
"The 101st Airborne Division's Defense of Bastogne", Combat Studies Institute, 1986
"Busting the Bocage: American Combined Arms Operations in France 6 June - 31 July 1944", Combat Studies Institute, 1988
"Pastel: Deception in the Invasionof japan", Combat Studies Institute, 1988
"Soviet Operational Deception: The Red Cloak", Combat Studies Institute, 1988
Command and General Staff College, 1905-1985
"The Defense of Duffer's Drift", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1905
"Selected United States and Soviet Weapons and Equipment", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1975
"Selected Readings in Tactics: The 1973 Middle East War", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1976
"Selected Readings in Tactics: Forward Deployed Forces, Europe", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1977
"Terrain Analysis and Allocation of Combat Power", United StatesArmy Command and General Staff College, 1977
"Selected United States and Soviet Weapons, Key Equipment, and Soviet Organization", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1977
"Organizational Effectiveness", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1978
"The Common Language of Tactics", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1978
"Soviet Tactics in the Offense", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1978
"Soviet Tactics in the Defense", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1978
"Soviet Tactics and United States Army NBC Operations", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1978
"Soviet Tactics Artillery Organization and Employment", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1979
"Command and Control of Combat Operations", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1980
"Soviet Tactical Organization", Unites States Army Command and General Staff College, 1981
"Soviet Artillery", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1981
"Soviet Offense, Volume 3", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1981
"Soviet Defense, Volume 4", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1981
"Command and Control on the Airland Battlefield", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1983
"Command and Control on the Airland Battlefield", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1984
"The Operational Level of War", Unites States Army Command and General Staff College, 1985
"The Leavenworth Assessment of the Warsaw Pact Threat in Central Europe", Threats Division, 1977
"Organization and Equipment of the Soviet Army", Threats Division, 1978
"Organization and Equipment of the Soviet Army", Threats Office, 1980
"From Active Defense to Airland Battle: The Development of Army Doctrine 1973-1982", United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969-1984
"Handbook on the Soviet Armed Forces", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1969
"Soviet Armed Forces: Medium Tank Battalion", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1970
"Soviet Tank Company Tactics", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1976
"Soviet and Warsaw Pact Exercise - 1976 Kavkaz-Sever-Shchit-76"", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1977
"Soviet and Warsaw Pact River Crossing: Doctrine and Capabilities", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1977
"East German Workers' Militia (Kampfgruppen)", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1977
"Soviet/Warsaw Pact: Ground Force Camouflage and Concealment Techniques", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978
"Bibliography of Unclassified Books and Monographs on the Soviet and East European Ground Forces", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978
"Physical Training of the Soviet Soldier", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978
"The Soviet Ground Forces Training Program", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978
"Handbook of Soviet Armed Forces Military Symbols", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978
"The Soviet Motorized Rifle Battalion", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1978
"Warsaw Pact Ground Forces Equipment Identification Guide: Armored Fighting Vehicles", 1980
"Review of the Soviet Ground Forces", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1981
"Warsaw Pact Ground Forces Equipment Identification Guide: Infantry Weapons", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"Warsaw Pact Ground Forces Equipment Identification Guide Artillary, Rockets, and Missiles", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"The Soviet Airbourne Forces", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"Warsaw Pact Ground Forces Equipment Identification Guide: Engineer Equipment", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"Review of the Soviet Ground Forces", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"Soviet Front Fire Support", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"The Soviet Tank Division", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1982
"Force Structure Summary - USSR, Mongolia, and Eastern Europe", Defense Intelligence Agency, 1984
Leavenworth Papers, 1979-1990
"Number 1: The Evolution of the United States Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76", Combat Studies Institute, 1979
"Number 3: Not War but Like War: The American Intervention in Lebanon", Combat Studies Institute, 1981
"Number 4: Dynamics of Doctrine: The Changes in German Tactical Doctrine During the First World War", Combat Studies Institute, 1981
"Number 9: Defending the Driniumor: Covering Force Operations in New Guinea, 1944", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"Number 10: Chemical Warfare in World War 1: The American Experience, 1917-1918", Combat Studies Institute, 1984
"Number 11: Rangers: Selected Combat Operations in World War 2", Combat Studies Institute, 1985
Number 12: Seek, Strike, and Destroy: United States Army Tank Destroyer Doctrine in World War 2, Combat Studies Institute, 1985
"Number 13: Counteratack on the Naktong, 1950", Combat Studies Institute, 1985
"Number 14: Dragon Operations: Hostage Rescues in the Congo, 1964-1965", Combat Studies Institute, 1988
"Number 15: Power Pack: United States Intervention in the Dominican Republic 1965-1966", Combat Studies Institute, 1988
"Number 16: Deciding What Has to Be Done: General William E. DePuy and the 1976 Edition of the FM 100-5 Operations", Combat Studies Institute, 1988
"Number 18: Japan's Battle of Okinawa, April-June 1945", Combat Studies Institute, 1990
Various Historical Documents, 1936-1985
"Vietnam Studies: The Role of Military Intelligence 1965-1967", Department of the Army, 1973
"Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam", Center of Military History, 1982
"Reorganizing for Pacification Support", Center of Military History, 1982
"Researching the Vietnam Experience", Analysis Branch, 1985
"Generalship: Its Diseasesand Their Cure: A Study of the Personal Factor of Command", Military Service Publishing Co., 1936
"Infantry in Battle", The Infantry Journal Incorporated, 1939
"Downfall - Strategic Plan", General Headquarters, 1945
"Military Operations of the Soviet Army", Department of the Army, 1976
"Soviet Tactics", United States Army Command and General Staff College, 1978
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