Irregular Soldier

Author : Matt Kennard
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781844678808

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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 P. Noonan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442271319

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Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States by Michael P. Noonan Pdf

With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq seemingly drawing down, and with new calls to focus on the threats of great power competition posed by states such as China and Russia on the rise, what will happen to U.S. capabilities for dealing with conflicts that occur in messy political-military environments? Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States offers, for both expert and non-expert audiences, a useful typology and background for examining interventions where U.S. advisors and forces operating on a small-scale basis will either work with a foreign government to help defend it from threats of subversion or insurgency (known as Foreign Internal Defense) or to assist insurgents or guerrilla forces in countering a hostile regime (known as Unconventional Warfare). It uses nine examples to illustrate how the U.S.—and the British in one case—used such capabilities in either limited or assertive ways to defend (El Salvador, Philippines, Sahel, and Dhofar) or counter (Angola, Nicaragua, northern Iraq, and Afghanistan) foreign governments. Placing such interventions within the broader contexts of American military history and the cultures of the armed forces, it offers three key findings and six policy prescriptions for wisely and judiciously using these capabilities in the present and future.

Author : Michael George Marsh Crosby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN : 0952255006

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Irregular soldier by Michael George Marsh Crosby Pdf

Author : Devorah S. Manekin
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501750441

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Regular Soldiers, Irregular War by Devorah S. Manekin Pdf

What explains differences in soldier participation in violence during irregular war? How do ordinary men become professional wielders of force, and when does this transformation falter or fail? Regular Soldiers, Irregular War presents a theoretical framework for understanding the various forms of behavior in which soldiers engage during counterinsurgency campaigns—compliance and shirking, abuse and restraint, as well as the creation of new violent practices. Through an in-depth study of the Israeli Defense Forces' repression of the Second Palestinian Intifada of 2000–2005, including in-depth interviews with and a survey of former combatants, Devorah Manekin examines how soldiers come both to unleash and to curb violence against civilians in a counterinsurgency campaign. Manekin argues that variation in soldiers' behavior is best explained by the effectiveness of the control mechanisms put in place to ensure combatant violence reflects the strategies and preferences of military elites, primarily at the small-unit level. Furthermore, she develops and analyzes soldier participation in three categories of violence: strategic violence authorized by military elites; opportunistic or unauthorized violence; and "entrepreneurial violence"—violence initiated from below to advance organizational aims when leaders are ambiguous about what will best serve those aims. By going inside military field units and exploring their patterns of command and control, Regular Soldiers, Irregular War, sheds new light on the dynamics of violence and restraint in counterinsurgency.

Author : James J. Reid
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,9 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 : Graham Dawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135089511

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Soldier Heroes by Graham Dawson Pdf

Soldier Heroes explores the imagining of masculinities within adventure stories. Drawing on literary theory, cultural materialism and Kleinian psychoanalysis, it analyses modern British adventure heroes as historical forms of masculinity originating in the era of nineteenth-century popular imperialism, traces their subsequent transformations and examines the way these identities are internalized and lived by men and boys.

Author : Michael Snape
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134643417

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God and the British Soldier by Michael Snape Pdf

Drawing on a wealth of new material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, this book shows that religion had much greater currency and influence in twentieth-century British society than has previously been realized.

Author : Francis Andrew March
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1500 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129721804

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March's Thesaurus Dictionary by Francis Andrew March Pdf

Author : Dick Couch
Publisher : Crown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307394798

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Chosen Soldier by Dick Couch Pdf

IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. We are fighting guerrilla wars, against insurgents hidden in remote regions, often deep among the local population. In battles such as these, squadrons of billion-dollar bombers and naval fleets mean much less than on-the-ground intelligence and the ability to organize local forces. That’s why, more than ever before, we need men like those of the Army Special Forces—the legendary Green Berets. In Chosen Soldier, Dick Couch—a former Navy SEAL widely admired for his books about SEAL training and operations—offers an unprecedented view of the training of the Army Special Forces warrior. Each year, several thousand enlisted men and several hundred officers volunteer for Special Forces training; less than a quarter of those who apply will complete the course. Chosen Soldier spells out in fascinating detail the arduous regimen these men undergo—the demanding selection process and grueling field exercises, the high-level technical training and intensive language courses, and the simulated battle problems that test everything from how well they gather operational intelligence to their skills at negotiating with volatile, often hostile, local leaders. Green Berets are expected to be deadly in combat, yes, but their responsibilities go far beyond those of other Special Operations fighters; they’re taught to operate in foreign cultures, often behind enemy lines; to recruit, train, and lead local forces; to gather intelligence in hostile territory; to forge bonds across languages and cultures. They must not only be experts in such fields as explosives, communications, engineering, and field medicine, but also be able to teach those skills to others. Each and every Green Beret must function as tactical combat leader, negotiator, teacher, drill sergeant, and diplomat. These tasks require more than just physical prowess; they require a unique mix of character, intelligence, language skills, and—most of all—adaptability. It’s no wonder that the Green Berets’ training regimen is known as the hardest in the world. Drawing on his unprecedented access to the closed world of Army Special Forces training, Dick Couch paints a vivid, intimate portrait of these extraordinary men and the process that forges America’s smartest, most versatile, and most valuable fighting force.

Author : Michael P. Noonan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1442271299

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Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States by Michael P. Noonan Pdf

Michael P. Noonan examines U.S. capabilities to conduct foreign internal defense and unconventional warfare. Using a newly developed typology and nine case studies, he places campaigns within broader contexts of military culture and history, offering 3 findings and 6 policy recommendations for considering when or not to use such capabilities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UOM:39015010432089

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Department of the Army Pamphlet by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tarak Barkawi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107169586

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Soldiers of Empire by Tarak Barkawi Pdf

Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War.

Author : Field-Marshal Earl Wavell
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786258106

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The Good Soldier by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell Pdf

The Good Soldier contains the distilled wisdom of Field Marshal Wavell, collected from his numerous articles and speeches. “Practically all the articles collected here were written between the two Great Wars, between 1926 and 1938; a few were written during the late war. Nearly all have been previously published, in newspapers or military journals. Whether they are worth collection and republication I must leave readers to judge. Inoculation with the deadly virus of war does not seem to confer immunity on any people or on the world as a whole for more than a very limited period. There must still be soldiers, and I fear there will still be wars in spite of UNO and ATOM. So long as war has to be studied there may be something of value in these notes of one who has studied war for close on fifty years. That is my only excuse for re-enlisting these old soldiers of my pen. Some of them may be thought old-fashioned and out of date, with little more to tell the modern student of war than would a visit to the pensioners of Chelsea Hospital. But passing down their ranks and looking them over with, I admit, an indulgent eye, I still believe that there may be something in each of these veterans, or at least in some of them, to induce thought and perhaps to sow the germ of a fresh idea. If I can claim to any merit as a soldier, it is that I have always tried to keep my mind receptive to fresh ideas, and that I have striven to present these ideas in as simple and practical a form as possible—in battle dress rather than in review order. If these old soldiers of mine can in any way help a young soldier to learn his trade—the training and handling of men in circumstances of great complexity and difficulty—they will not have come back from the Reserve in vain.”—Author’s Preface, 1946

Author : Bruce Hoffman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307741615

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Anonymous Soldiers by Bruce Hoffman Pdf

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award Winner of the Washington Institute Book Prize One of the Best Books of the Year St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Kirkus Reviews In this groundbreaking work, Bruce Hoffman—America’s leading expert on terrorism—brilliantly re-creates the crucial thirty-year period that led to the birth of Israel. Drawing on previously untapped archival resources in London, Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem, Anonymous Soldiers shows how the efforts of two militant Zionist groups brought about the end of British rule in the Middle East. Hoffman shines new light on the bombing of the King David Hotel, the assassination of Lord Moyne in Cairo, the leadership of Menachem Begin, the life and death of Abraham Stern, and much else. Above all, he shows exactly how the underdog “anonymous soldiers” of Irgun and Lehi defeated the British and set in motion the chain of events that resulted in the creation of the formidable nation-state of Israel. One of the most detailed and sustained accounts of a terrorist and counterterrorist campaign ever written, Hoffman has crafted the definitive account of the struggle for Israel—and an impressive investigation of the efficacy of guerilla tactics. Anonymous Soldiers is essential to anyone wishing to understand the current situation in the Middle East.

Author : Francis Vinton Greene
Publisher : London, W.H. Allen
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Russia
ISBN : BSB:BSB11390840

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The Russian Army and Its Campaigns in Turkey in 1877-1878 by Francis Vinton Greene Pdf