published a restricted document entitled "fighting on guadalcanal" with the foreword signed by george c. marshall, chief of staff. the purpose of the 69 page booklet was to document the resourcefulness and gallantry of the men in the solomon islands fanatical japanese fighting force. from major generals to platoon sergeants, the perspective of the contributors was consistent in its urging to revamp official prewar by the book training to reflect the harsh realities of jungle fighting to reduce casualties. trent: i feel like i should comment. one of the things that indicates is a difference in how the united states navy and how the united states army approached some of these things. in the navy, there is a clear and deliberate sense of leaving room for the emergence and adaptation of new approaches and new techniques. it is clear from records of the time that they feel the united states army does not have the same kind of mindset, and i think some of that had to hit home for the united states army through its fighting, both in the south pacific and north africa, where some of their assumptions abo

c-span2. >> next, historian david mills on the world war ii military partnership between the u.s. army's chief of staff george marshallnd general dwight d eisenhower. he examines their tactical decisions to win the war. mr. mills is a military history professor with the u.s. army command and general staff college. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. mr. wieberg: good evening. i'm steve wieberg with the public affairs staff here at the kansas city public library and thank you all for being here tonight. it's great to have you. great to have david mills, our speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february but was grounded by bad weather, by winter weather, and we are so happy that he hung with us and so happy to have him here now.

c-span2. >> next, historian david mills on the world war ii military partnership between the u.s. army's chief of staff george marshall and general dwight d eisenhower. he examines their tactical decisions to win the war. mr. mills is a military history professor with the u.s. army command and general staff college. the kansas city public library hosted this event. it's just over an hour. mr. wieberg: good evening. i'm steve wieberg with the public affairs staff here at the kansas city public library and thank you all for being here tonight. it's great to have you. great to have david mills, our speaker. tonight's program has been a long time in coming. david was originally scheduled to be here in february but was grounded by bad weather, by winter weather, and we are so happy that he hung with us and so happy to have him here now. this happens to be kind of a happy confluence of kansas city public library programming. it's the latest in our series with the u.s. army command and general staff college in fort leavenworth on marking 75 years since world war ii, but it also comes in the middle of the library's partnershi