From Bosnia To Baghdad The Evolution Of Us Army Special Forces From 1995 2004

Author : Armando J. Ramirez
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782897774

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From Bosnia To Baghdad: The Evolution Of US Army Special Forces From 1995-2004 by Armando J. Ramirez Pdf

This thesis presents a historical analysis of the evolution of US Army Special Forces operations from 1995 to 2004, focusing specifically on operations conducted in the Balkans (Bosnia and Kosovo), Afghanistan and Iraq, answering the research question: How have the operations conducted by US Army Special Forces evolved from the Balkans in 1995 through Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)? The thesis examines the progression of Special Forces operations during each of the aforementioned campaigns, analyzing their evolution in the areas of intelligence operations, unconventional warfare and foreign internal defense, close air support, integration with conventional forces and the institutionalization of lessons learned. The thesis concludes by examining future roles of US Army Special Forces with respect to employment. Tracing the progression of Special Forces employment from the Balkans to OIF is critical to understanding the factors contributing to the success of Special Forces operations in both the decisive operations and stability and support (SASO) phases of OEF and OIF.

Author : Michael Smith
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908059062

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Killer Elite by Michael Smith Pdf

The first book about SEAL Team Six and Bin Laden America's most secret Special Forces unit does not even have a name. Formed as the 'Intelligence Support Activity', it has had a succession of innocuous titles to hide its ferocious purpose. It exists to 'undertake activities only when other intelligence or operational support elements are unavailable or inappropriate'. Translated from Pentagon-speak, this means operating undercover in the world's most dangerous places, penetrating enemy organizations including Al Qa'eda, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. 'The Activity' combines the spy work of the CIA with the commando/SAS role of the Green Berets. It not only provides the intelligence on the ground - it translates it into 'direct action'. This is the unit that located Saddam Hussein, and recently led the intelligence operation that found and killed Osama Bin Laden. This is the untold story behind the world's most secret Special Operations organisation.

Author : Thomas G. Mahnken,Thomas A. Keaney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134104208

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War in Iraq by Thomas G. Mahnken,Thomas A. Keaney Pdf

This volume provides a collection of insightful essays on all phases of the Iraq War: both US-led major combat operations to defeat the Ba’athist regime as well as efforts to reconstruct the country and defeat the insurgency. Written by leading scholars on the Iraq War, many of whom have practical first-hand experience of the war, the book includes a Conclusion by leading US strategic thinker Eliot Cohen. This is the first work on the Iraq War to incorporate an understanding of the Iraqi side of the war, based on a systematic analysis of captured Iraqi archives. War in Iraq will be of great interest to students of the Iraq War, small wars and insurgencies, international security and strategic studies in general.

Author : Thomas E. Ricks
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101201404

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Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks Pdf

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book "Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq Fiasco is a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq through mid-2006, now with a postscript on recent developments. Ricks draws on the exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public. Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, and authoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined with unsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful and honored civilian and military leaders.

Author : Rusko Matuli?
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493190782

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Bibliography of Sources on the Region of Former Yugoslavia Volume III by Rusko Matuli? Pdf

Author : Matthew M. Aid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608190966

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The Secret Sentry by Matthew M. Aid Pdf

Presents a history of the agency, from its inception in 1945, to its role in the Cold War, to its controversial advisory position at the time of the Bush administration's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, shortly before the invasion of 2003.

Author : Loch K. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135986872

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Handbook of Intelligence Studies by Loch K. Johnson Pdf

This topical volume offers a comprehensive review of secret intelligence organizations and activities. Intelligence has been in the news consistently since 9/11 and the Iraqi WMD errors. Leading experts in the field approach the three major missions of intelligence: collection-and-analysis; covert action; and counterintelligence. Within each of these missions, the dynamically written essays dissect the so-called intelligence cycle to reveal the challenges of gathering and assessing information from around the world. Covert action, the most controversial intelligence activity, is explored, with special attention on the issue of military organizations moving into what was once primarily a civilian responsibility. The authors furthermore examine the problems that are associated with counterintelligence, protecting secrets from foreign spies and terrorist organizations, as well as the question of intelligence accountability, and how a nation can protect its citizens against the possible abuse of power by its own secret agencies. The Handbook of Intelligence Studies is a benchmark publication with major importance both for current research and for the future of the field. It is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and scholars of intelligence studies, international security, strategic studies and political science in general.

Author : J. Ransom Clark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313383298

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American Covert Operations by J. Ransom Clark Pdf

Traces our country's long history of covert and special operations, focusing on the similarities and differences in the practice from the Revolutionary War to the present. Long before the creation of the CIA, the American government utilized special intelligence strategies with varying degrees of success. Even though critics throughout time have questioned the effectiveness and legitimacy of these tactics, presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have employed secret operations to benefit the nation's best interest. This book follows America's history of intelligence gathering, undercover operations, and irregular warfare. Through chronologically organized chapters, the author examines secret military maneuvers, highlighting the elements common to covert and special operations across historical eras, and concluding with a chapter on national security since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Author : Michael Chandler,Rohan Gunaratna
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1861893086

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Countering Terrorism by Michael Chandler,Rohan Gunaratna Pdf

Chandler and Gunaratna employ their unparalleled expertise to probe the West's responses to the catastrophic attacks so indelibly seared into the history of the early twenty-first century, from 9/11 to the Madrid bombings to deadly strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine, and elsewhere.

Author : David Axe
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781612345710

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Shadow Wars by David Axe Pdf

WarfareÆs evolution, especially since 2001, has irrevocably changed the meaning of war. In the twentieth centuryùhumankindÆs bloodiestù231 million people died in armed conflicts. Battlefield deaths since then have been steadily declining, despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and by 2012 less than 1 person in a million dies in war every year. This drastic change has led some academics to label our era one of peace, recalling the erroneously named ôHundred YearsÆ Peaceö or ôPax Britannicaö of the nineteenth century, which nonetheless saw many violent conflicts. But war hasnÆt gone extinct. It has merely evolved. In Shadow Wars, journalist David Axe tells the story of the new war eraùone of insurgents and counterinsurgents, terrorists and their hunters, pirates, mercenaries, smugglers, and slavers wreaking havoc on regions where conditions are brutal, people are poor, governments are weak, and the world rarely pays attention. Axe shows us what war has become in our era of peace. The mainstream media, meanwhile, ignores it. This book profoundly challenges readersÆ conceptions of war and peace in the twenty-first century.

Author : John J. McGrath
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160869501

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Boots on the ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations by John J. McGrath Pdf

This paper clearly shows the immediate relevancy of historical study to current events. One of the most common criticisms of the U.S. plan to invade Iraq in 2003 is that too few troops were used. The argument often fails to satisfy anyone for there is no standard against which to judge. A figure of 20 troops per 1000 of the local population is often mentioned as the standard, but as McGrath shows, that figure was arrived at with some questionable assumptions. By analyzing seven military operations from the last 100 years, he arrives at an average number of military forces per 1000 of the population that have been employed in what would generally be considered successful military campaigns. He also points out a variety of important factors affecting those numbers-from geography to local forces employed to supplement soldiers on the battlefield, to the use of contractors-among others.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1903 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216158226

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U.S. Conflicts in the 21st Century [3 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

This three-volume reference work provides an up-to-date presentation and analysis of the U.S. wars of the 21st century, addressing their backgrounds, causes, courses, and consequences. It serves as an indispensable resource for students seeking to understand the role of the United States in the world today. Addressing the U.S. conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror from the year 2001 to the present, this comprehensive, three-volume encyclopedia covers the significant individuals, key events, and important places involved in these recent military events. Beginning with the rise of Al Qaeda in the 1990s and the attacks on September 11, 2001, and covering events through ISIS's dramatic surge in Iraq and Syria, the hundreds of detailed entries also examine historical trends; nations and ethnicities involved in the conflicts; influential figures and organizations; economic, political, diplomatic, and cultural influences; wars, campaigns, and battles; and important weapons systems. The set's A–Z organization makes it an easy-to-use ready reference for high school and college students. Perspective essays on several controversial topics—such as the use of torture and the effects of the Patriot Act—serve to inspire readers to apply critical thinking. A detailed chronology is provided to help students place all the important events that have occurred in the Afghanistan War, Iraq War, and War on Terror. Each of the chronologically arranged primary documents is introduced with a brief overview to provide important background information and context.

Author : Jay Kopelman
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781602397439

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From Baghdad to America by Jay Kopelman Pdf

Bestselling author Jay Kopelman on his return from Iraq, his beloved dog Lava, and PTSD.

Author : Gregory Fontenot,E. J. Degen,David Tohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061179225

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On Point by Gregory Fontenot,E. J. Degen,David Tohn Pdf

Den amerikanske hærs første officielle historiske beretning om operationerne i den anden Irakiske Krig, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", (OIF). Fra forberedelserne, mobiliseringen, forlægningen af enhederne til indsættelsen af disse i kampene ved Talil og As Samawah, An Najaf og de afsluttende kampe ved Bagdad. Foruden en detaljeret gennemgang af de enkelte kampenheder(Order of Battle), beskrives og analyseres udviklingen i anvendte våben og doktriner fra den første til den anden Golf Krig.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428910225

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The Brigade: A History, Its Organization and Employment in the US Army by Anonim Pdf

This work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of its employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of the work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since 1917 and the history of the brigade colors.