U.S. Department of Defense
Date of this Version
1964
Document Type
Article
Citation
The minimum unambiguous citation for this text is ST 12-160, 1964
Abstract
This a useful manual for writing of all types. The guide to research in an appendix is sensible. The “watchlist” is a good guide to avoiding Pentagonese. The author of this text had a sense of humor.
One unusual feature of the text is that the manual contains instructions for writing a staff study and a sample of a model staff study.
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Comments
The copy of this text that was digitized was loaned to the University of Nebraska-Library by the Yeshiva University Pollack Library.
The document digitized was a revision of the 1957 edition.
Air Force Manual 11-3, Guide for Air Force Writing, 1953, mentioned in the acknowledgement is available online in the Hahti Trust at:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070481919;view=1up;seq=1
The “Watch List” in an appendix was taken from the General Service Administration manual, Plain Letters, (1955) by Mona Sheppard is available online in the Hathi Trust at:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112072473801;view=1up;seq=1
Since the Army reuses document numbers and titles, it is necessary to include the date to unambiguously identify a given document.