Irregular Army

Author : Matt Kennard
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781844678808

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Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars—now the longest wars in American history—the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard’s explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals of all stripes, the overweight, and the mentally ill. Based on several years of reporting, Irregular Army includes extensive interviews with extremist veterans and leaders of far-right hate groups—who spoke openly of their eagerness to have their followers acquire military training for a coming domestic race war. As a report commissioned by the Department of Defense itself put it, “Effectively, the military has a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy pertaining to extremism.” Irregular Army connects some of the War on Terror’s worst crimes to this opening-up of the US military. With millions of veterans now back in the US and domestic extremism on the rise, Kennard’s book is a stark warning about potential dangers facing Americans—from their own soldiers.

Author : Diane E. Davis,Anthony W. Pereira
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139439985

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Irregular Armed Forces and their Role in Politics and State Formation by Diane E. Davis,Anthony W. Pereira Pdf

Existing models of state formation are derived primarily from early Western European experience, and are misleading when applied to nation-states struggling to consolidate their dominion in the present period. In this volume, scholars suggest that the Western European model of armies waging war on behalf of sovereign states does not hold universally. The importance of 'irregular' armed forces - militias, guerrillas, paramilitaries, mercenaries, bandits, vigilantes, police, and so on - has been seriously neglected in the literature on this subject. The case studies in this book suggest, among other things, that the creation of the nation-state as a secure political entity rests as much on 'irregular' as regular armed forces. For most of the 'developing' world, the state's legitimacy has been difficult to achieve, constantly eroding or challenged by irregular armed forces within a country's borders. No account of modern state formation can be considered complete without attending to irregular forces.

Author : Matt Kennard
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781844679058

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Irregular Army by Matt Kennard Pdf

Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars—now the longest wars in American history—the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard’s explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals of all stripes, the overweight, and the mentally ill. Based on several years of reporting, Irregular Army includes extensive interviews with extremist veterans and leaders of far-right hate groups—who spoke openly of their eagerness to have their followers acquire military training for a coming domestic race war. As a report commissioned by the Department of Defense itself put it, “Effectively, the military has a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy pertaining to extremism.” Irregular Army connects some of the War on Terror’s worst crimes to this opening-up of the US military. With millions of veterans now back in the US and domestic extremism on the rise, Kennard’s book is a stark warning about potential dangers facing Americans—from their own soldiers.

Author : Matt Kennard
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781685631

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Irregular Army by Matt Kennard Pdf

Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars—now the longest wars in American history—the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard’s explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals of all stripes, the overweight, and the mentally ill. Based on several years of reporting, Irregular Army includes extensive interviews with extremist veterans and leaders of far-right hate groups—who spoke openly of their eagerness to have their followers acquire military training for a coming domestic race war. As a report commissioned by the Department of Defense itself put it, “Effectively, the military has a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy pertaining to extremism.” Irregular Army connects some of the War on Terror’s worst crimes to this opening-up of the US military. With millions of veterans now back in the US and domestic extremism on the rise, Kennard’s book is a stark warning about potential dangers facing Americans—from their own soldiers.

Author : Michael George Marsh Crosby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN : 0952255006

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Irregular soldier by Michael George Marsh Crosby Pdf

Author : Colin S. Gray
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781300051688

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Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy: Can the American Way of War Adapt? by Colin S. Gray Pdf

Strategist Colin Gray offers a detailed comparison between the character of irregular warfare, insurgency in particular, and the principal enduring features of "the American way." He concludes that there is a serious mismatch between that "way" and the kind of behavior that is most effective in countering irregular foes. The author poses the question, "Can the American way of war adapt to a strategic threat context dominated by irregular enemies?" He suggests that the answer is "perhaps, but only with difficulty."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UCLA:L0106076698

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Professional Journal of the United States Army by Anonim Pdf

Author : Colin S. Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : UGA:32108040178165

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Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy by Colin S. Gray Pdf

The author offers a detailed comparison between the character of irregular warfare, insurgency in particular, and the principal enduring features of "the American way." He concludes that there is a serious mismatch between that "way" and the kind of behavior that is most effective in countering irregular foes. The author poses the question, Can the American way of war adapt to a strategic threat context dominated by irregular enemies? He suggests that the answer is "perhaps, but only with difficulty."

Author : Other Court Games
Publisher : Other Court Games
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780981768816

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Factions at War Revised by Other Court Games Pdf

Author : Richard G. Davis
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : UOM:39015075641913

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The U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare, 1775-2007 by Richard G. Davis Pdf

From U. S. Government Bookstore Website: Presents fifteen papers from the 2007 Conference of Army Historians. Examines irregular warfare in a wide and diverse range of circumstances and eras.

Author : Andrew Mumford
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015088037752

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Puncturing the Counterinsurgency Myth by Andrew Mumford Pdf

This monograph holds that an aura of mythology has surrounded conventional academic and military perceptions of British performance in the realm of irregular warfare. It identifies 10 myths regarding British counterinsurgency performance and seeks to puncture them by critically assessing the efficacy of the British way of counterinsurgency from the much-vaunted, yet over-hyped, Malayan Emergency to the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq in 2009. It challenges perceptions of the British military as an effective learning institution when it comes to irregular warfare and critically assesses traditional British counterinsurgency strategic maxims regarding hearts and minds and minimum force.

Author : James J. Reid
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 3515076875

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Crisis of the Ottoman Empire by James J. Reid Pdf

This work focuses upon the military problems of the Ottoman Empire in the era 1839 to 1878. The author examines the Crimean War (1853 to 1856) from the perspective of the Ottoman army, using British and French sources, as well as the few available Ottoman materials. Scholarship on the war has ignored this aspect, but the high quality of work about the British, French, and Russian involvement in the war has enabled the present study to advance its own work. The inability of the Ottoman high command to learn the lessons of the Crimean War led to serious defeats in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Revolts occurring in this period also receive attention. While the book analyzes the nature of war in the Balkans and Anatolia, its primary objective is the study of the war's social and psychological influences. This perspective runs as a theme throughout the book, but the author focuses on the psychological aspects in the final chapter using comparative perspectives. .

Author : James D. Campbell
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : OSU:32435078621489

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"Making Riflemen from Mud" by James D. Campbell Pdf

Prior to World War II, the Army had a deeply ingrained facility with and acceptance of what we now term unconventional warfare -- raising, training, advising and cooperating with tribal militias, local paramilitaries, and other non-state armed groups. This culture of irregular warfare was attributable to nearly 300 years of American military tradition from the colonial period until 1941, including extensive experience in cooperating with Native American tribes and individual scouts during the expansion of the western frontier. These traditions of unconventional war reached maturity in the years of fighting on the western plains after the Civil War, and were given ultimate expression in the creation of the Philippine Scouts at the beginning of the 20th century. Since World War II, the wider military has lost this expertise in and comfortable familiarity with unconventional operations, with the Special Operations community taking on the sole proprietorship of this role. Given the variety of political environments in which today's conventional soldiers may find themselves, and the current nature of conflicts ongoing and likely to occur in the world, the Army culture as a whole can and must readapt itself to the new old realities of irregular war.

Author : Peter Hofschröer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780965185

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Prussian Reserve, Militia & Irregular Troops 1806–15 by Peter Hofschröer Pdf

Irregular, semi-regular and reserve formations comprised a substantial part of the armed forces at the disposal of the Prussian Army throughout the Napoleonic Wars, particularly during the campaigns of the Wars of Liberation, 1813-15. The scale of the uprising of 1813 required the mobilization of all available forces and the utilization of all available equipment, and meant that the Prussian Army of the Wars of Liberation was very much a patchwork affair. This book examines and illustrates the reservists (or Kruemper), the Freikorps and foreign units, and the militia who fought in the Prussian Army.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112042083524

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Guide to U. S. Government Publications by Anonim Pdf