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Date of this Version

1964

Document Type

Article

Citation

The minimum unambiguous citation for this text is ST 12-160, 1964

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.

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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