University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special Collections
John Lear collection of United States military publications
Mss.111
.4 linear feet
1 box
1950-1988
John Lear (1959–) is a historian, author, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Puget Sound. The John Lear collection of United States military publications includes one box of print material published between 1951-1988 by the Department of the Army, the United States Continental Army Command, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Air Force Academy.
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The John Lear collection of United States military publications includes one box of print material published between 1951-1988 by the Department of the Army, the United States Continental Army Command, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Air Force Academy. Publication types include a field manual, course book, and case study, as well as many pamphlets and reference books. The printed material covers subjects relevant to World War II and the Vietnam War, including: the Russian campaign in WWII, the German campaigns of World War II, American military logistics during and after World War II, military leadership, global communism, counterinsurgency operations in Southeast Asia, equipment of the Viet Cong, and other subjects.
John Lear (1959–) is a historian, author, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Puget Sound. Lear was born in 1959 in the American Midwest into a working-class family. He was a first-generation fellowship student at Harvard College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. Lear went on to earn a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, completing his Ph.D. in 1993. He taught at the University of Puget Sound from 1993 to 2023, ultimately becoming a Distinguished Professor of History and Latin American Studies. Lear's research and teaching interests include Mexico, Cuba, post-independence Latin America, comparative labor and urban history, cultural politics, and gender and social movements. His published works include
Chiles Free-Market Miracle: A Second Look (1995), Workers, Neighbors and Citizens: The Revolution in Mexico City (2001), and Picturing the Proletariat: Artists and Labor in Post-Revolutionary Mexico, 1908-1940 (2017).
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
[Name of document, date.] John Lear collection of United States military publications, Mss.111. University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections. Tacoma, Washington.
Military history, Modern--20th century
Military planning--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Department of the Army Field Manual and Pamphlets
I
1950-1971
"Russian Combat Methods In World War II: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-230)
November 1950
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"Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-231)
July 1951
1
2
"Rear Area Security in Russia, The Soviet Second Front Behind the German Lines: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-240)
July 1951
1
3
"Terrain Factors in the Russian Campaign: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-290)
July 1951
1
4
"Military Improvisations During the Russian Campaign: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-201)
August 1951
1
5
"German Defense Tactics Against Russian Break-Throughs: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-233)
October 1951
1
6
"Operations of Encircled Forces: German Experiences in Russia – Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-234)
January 1952
1
7
"Effects of Climate on Combat in European Russia: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-291)
February 1952
1
8
"History of Personnel Demobilization in the United States Army" by John C. Sparrow (DA PAM no. 20-211)
July 1952
1
9
"Night Combat: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-236)
June 1953
1
10
"Small Unit Actions During the German Campaign in Russia: Historical Study" (DA PAM No. 20-269)
July 1953
1
11
"The Personnel Replacement System in the United States" by Leonard L. Lerwill (DA PAM No. 20-211)
August 1954
1
12
"The German Campaign in Russia – Planning and Operations (1940-1942)" (DA PAM No. 20-261a)
March 1955
1
13
"The German Campaign in Poland (1939)" by Robert M. Kennedy (DA PAM No. 20-255)
April 1956
1
14
"The Soviet Partisan Movement, 1941-1944" by Edgar H. Howell (DA PAM No. 20-244)
August 1956
1
15
"The German Northern Theater of Operations 1940-1945" by Earl F. Ziemke (DA PAM No. 20-271)
1959
1
16
"Advisor Handbook for Counterinsurgency" (FM 31-73)
April 1965
1
17
"Guide to Selected Viet Cong Equipment and Explosive Devices" (DA PAM No. 381-11)
May 1966
1
18
"Helpful Hints for Personnel Ordered to the Republic of Vietnam" (DA PAM 608-16)
1970
1
19
"A Pocket Guide to Vietnam" (DA PAM 360-41)
1971
1
20
United States Continental Army Command Pamphlets
II
August 1965 - July 1966
"Leaders Guide for Operations in Southeast Asia: Education and Training" (USCONARC PAM No. 350-16)
August 1965
1
21
"Leaders' Guide for Operations in Southeast Asia: Education and Training" (USCONARC PAM No. 350-16)
July 1966
1
22
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Reference Books
III
1973-1974
"Leadership: Reference Book" (USACGSC RB 22-1)
August 1973
1
23
"The Threat and the Response: Venezuela – Reference Book" (USACGSC RB 31-7)
August 1973
1
24
"The USSR: Reference Book" (USACGSC RB 550-95)
August 1973
1
25
"The Communist Powers –The People's Republic of China: Reference Book" (USACGSC RB 550-60)
September 1973
1
26
"Selected Readings in Tactics: Reference Book" (USACGSC RB 100-2, Vol. 1)
April 1974
1
27
Other printed material
IV
1971-1988, undated
23d Infantry Division (Americal) photographs and printed material
c. 1971
1
28
"Readings for 'United States Defense Establishment,'" Department of the Army ROTC Manual (ROTCM 145-45)
August 1972
1
29
"The Sorge Spy Ring: A Case Study in International Espionage In The Far East," U.S. Army Intelligence School (SupR 39281)
undated
1
30
"Unconventional Warfare," History 363 course book by Captain John T. Farquhar, United States Airforce Academy
Fall 1988
1
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