Accession Number:

AD1112080

Title:

Report of the Field Manual Review Board, Annex B: Evolution of the United States Field Manual Valley Forge to Vietnam

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Technical Report]

Corporate Author:

ARMY COMBAT DEVELOPMENTS COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VATECHNICAL OPERATIONS INC FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

• Ney, Virgil

Report Date:

1966-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

95

Abstract:

The modern military text, or field manual, has evolved over a period of several hundred years. Historically, military training literature traces its beginnings to the writings of the ancient Chinese, Greeks, and Romans. Until the invention of printing and the advent of general literacy, military instruction was usually oral and not written. In the United States Army, the evolution of the field manual falls into two distinct periods the American Revolution to World War I, and World War I to 1966.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
• Military Forces and Organizations
• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]