Engineering

Foreword: As the 40th anniversary of the Korean War approaches, we in the Corps of Engineers should reexamine how our predecessors overcame the engineering challenges posed by the rugged and unforgiving environment in which that war was fought. A number …Read More

Foreword: The U.S. Army’s role as an instrument of foreign policy is usually viewed in a strictly military sense. This book tells the story of an Army agency supporting national objectives in a different way. It traces the development of …Read More

Foreword: Few laws have had such an impact on the United States Army Corps of Engineers as the 1936 Flood Control Act. For over 50 years before passage of this act, Congress had been periodically charging the Corps with flood …Read More

Foreword: This is the sixth publication in the Engineer Memoirs series of career interviews. The series contains the selected recollections of major figures in recent Corps history. These memoirs lend important perspective to decision making, now and in the future. …Read More

FOREWORD: At a time when serious questions are being raised about the manner in which the nation utilizes its water resources, it is important to gain the insights of past leaders in the field of water resources development. This volume …Read More

Foreword: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planned and supervised the construction of the United States’ section of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The project was both a massive engineering effort and an unusually complicated exercise in intergovernmental cooperation. Local, state, …Read More

Foreword: This is the first in a new series of Corps of Engineers Historical Studies which we hope will make available to Corps personnel and general public significant documents in Engineer history.  Subsequent numbers in the series will reprint previously …Read More

Foreword: Few areas of the country have experienced such a variety of environmental challenges as the upper Mississippi River basin. Beginning with the development of towns such as St. Paul and Minneapolis in the middle of the 19th century, people …Read More

Foreword: In January 1980, Lieutenant General John W. Morris, then Chief of Engineers, directed the Historical Division to capture the remembrances of the leading military and civilian members of the Corps of Engineers. The resulting Engineer Memoirs series shares the …Read More

Foreword: Few issues are more complex than how to protect life and property without doing permanent and disastrous damage to the environment. In this century, especially in the last 20 or 30 years, the problem has received wide publicity and …Read More

FOREWORD: BY any reasonable indicator, the cost of future Civil Works projects exceeds the available Federal financial resources nOW and for the foreseeable future. Consequently, it is essential that we plot a new course for financing Federal water development — …Read More

FOREWORD: Few retired officers or civilians of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ever set down a summary of their careers with the intention of sharing their acquired knowledge with others. As a result, our organization and the engineering profession …Read More