Reading Athena S Dance Card

Author : Robert J. Bunker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136345753

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Non-state Threats and Future Wars by Robert J. Bunker Pdf

The intent behind this book was to bring together a team of defence and national security scholars and real-world military and law enforcement operators to focus on the topic of "Non-State Threats and Future Wars". The book is divided into four main sections: The first concerns theory. The second section concerns non-state threats and case studies, providing an overview of non-state threats ranging from organized crime networks to cartels, gangs and warlords. The third section is based on counter-OPFOR (opposing force) strategies which detail advanced concepts, urban battlespace environmental perceptions, weaponry, intelligence preparation, networked force structure and C41. The fourth and final section contains an archival document from the late 1987 period concerning early Fourth Epoch War theory, and never before published interviews with Chechen commanders and officers who participated in combat operations against Russian forces in the 1994-96 war.

Author : Anthony King
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191633430

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The Combat Soldier by Anthony King Pdf

How do small groups of combat soldiers maintain their cohesion under fire? This question has long intrigued social scientists, military historians, and philosophers. Based on extensive research and drawing on graphic analysis of close quarter combat from the Somme to Sangin, the book puts forward a novel and challenging answer to this question. Against the common presumption of the virtues of the citizen soldier, this book claims that, in fact, the infantry platoon of the mass twentieth century army typically performed poorly and demonstrated low levels of cohesion in combat. With inadequate time and resources to train their troops for the industrial battlefield, citizen armies typically relied on appeals to masculinity, nationalism and ethnicity to unite their troops and to encourage them to fight. By contrast, cohesion among today's professional soldiers is generated and sustained quite differently. While concepts of masculinity and patriotism are not wholly irrelevant, the combat performance of professional soldiers is based primarily on drills which are inculcated through intense training regimes. Consequently, the infantry platoon has become a highly skilled team capable of collective virtuosity in combat. The increasing importance of training, competence and drills to the professional infantry soldier has not only changed the character of cohesion in the twenty-first century platoon but it has also allowed for a wider social membership of this group. Soldiers are no longer included or excluded into the platoon on the basis of their skin colour, ethnicity, social background, sexuality or even sex (women are increasingly being included in the infantry) but their professional competence alone: can they do the job? In this way, the book traces a profound transformation in the western way of warfare to shed light on wider processes of transformation in civilian society. This book is a project of the Oxford Programme on the Changing Character of War.

Author : P. Meineck,D. Konstan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137398864

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Combat Trauma and the Ancient Greeks by P. Meineck,D. Konstan Pdf

This ground-breaking book applies trauma studies to the drama and literature of the ancient Greeks. Diverse essays explore how the Greeks responded to war and if what we now term "combat trauma," "post-traumatic stress," or "combat stress injury" can be discerned in ancient Greek culture.

Author : Major Thomas P. Ehrhart
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786253927

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Increasing Small Arms Lethality In Afghanistan: Taking Back The Infantry Half-Kilometer by Major Thomas P. Ehrhart Pdf

Operations in Afghanistan frequently require United States ground forces to engage and destroy the enemy at ranges beyond 300 meters. These operations occur in rugged terrain and in situations where traditional supporting fires are limited due to range or risk of collateral damage. With these limitations, the infantry in Afghanistan require a precise, lethal fire capability that exists only in a properly trained and equipped infantryman. While the infantryman is ideally suited for combat in Afghanistan, his current weapons, doctrine, and marksmanship training do not provide a precise, lethal fire capability to 500 meters and are therefore inappropriate. Comments from returning non-commissioned officers and officers reveal that about fifty percent of engagements occur past 300 meters. The enemy tactics are to engage United States forces from high ground with medium and heavy weapons, often including mortars, knowing that we are restricted by our equipment limitations and the inability of our overburdened soldiers to maneuver at elevations exceeding 6000 feet. Current equipment, training, and doctrine are optimized for engagements under 300 meters and on level terrain There are several ways to extend the lethality of the infantry. A more effective 5.56-mm bullet can be designed which provides enhanced terminal performance out to 500 meters. A better option to increase incapacitation is to adopt a larger caliber cartridge, which will function using components of the M16/M4. The 2006 study by the Joint Service Wound Ballistics-Integrated Product Team discovered that the ideal caliber seems to be between 6.5 and 7-mm. This was also the general conclusion of all military ballistics studies since the end of World War I.

Author : Jason Crowley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107020610

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The Psychology of the Athenian Hoplite by Jason Crowley Pdf

Using current socio-psychological research, this book reveals exactly why amateur Athenian hoplites unhesitatingly engaged their enemies in savage close-quarters combat.

Author : Todd C. Helmus,Russell W. Glenn
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780833040565

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Steeling the Mind by Todd C. Helmus,Russell W. Glenn Pdf

Combat stress casualties are not necessarily higher in city operations than operations on other types of terrain. Commanders and NCOs need to have the skills to treat and prevent stress casualties and understand their implications for urban operations. The authors review the known precipitants of combat stress reaction, its battlefield treatment, and the preventive steps commanders can take to limit its extent and severity.

Author : Michael Mann
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300274974

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On Wars by Michael Mann Pdf

A history of wars through the ages and across the world, and the irrational calculations that so often lie behind them Benjamin Franklin once said, “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” But what determines whether war or peace is chosen? Award-winning sociologist Michael Mann concludes that it is a handful of political leaders—people with emotions and ideologies, and constrained by inherited culture and institutions—who undertake such decisions, usually irrationally choosing war and seldom achieving their desired results. Mann examines the history of war through the ages and across the globe—from ancient Rome to Ukraine, from imperial China to the Middle East, from Japan and Europe to Latin and North America. He explores the reasons groups go to war, the different forms of wars, how warfare has changed and how it has stayed the same, and the surprising ways in which seemingly powerful countries lose wars. In masterfully combining ideological, economic, political, and military analysis, Mann offers new insight into the many consequences of choosing war.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Counterinsurgency
ISBN : 0160873363

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U.S. Army counterinsurgency and contingency operations doctrine, 1942-1976 (Paperbound) by Anonim Pdf

Examines the nature of counterinsurgency and nation-building missions, the institutional obstacles inherent in dealing effectively with such operations, and the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. doctrine, including the problems that can occur when that doctrine morphs into dogma.

Author : Michael D. Gambone
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623495800

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Long Journeys Home by Michael D. Gambone Pdf

In the modern history of American veterans, it is sometimes difficult to separate myth from fact. The men and women who served in World War II are routinely praised as heroes; the “Greatest Generation,” after all, triumphed over fascism and successfully reentered postwar society. Veterans of the Vietnam War, on the other hand, occupy a different thread in the postwar narrative, sometimes as a threat to society but usually as victims of it; these vets returned home to a combination of disdain, fear, and prolonged suffering. And until very recently, both the public and historians have largely overlooked veterans of the Korean War altogether; the hit television show M*A*S*H was set in Korea but was more about Vietnam. Long Journeys Home explores the veteran experience of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. It examines and dissects the various myths that have grown up around each of these wars. Author Michael D. Gambone compares and contrasts the basic elements of each narrative, including the factors that influenced the decision to enlist, the impact of combat on life after the war, the struggles of postwar economic adjustment, and participation in (or withdrawal from) social and political activism. Gambone does not treat these veterans monolithically but instead puts each era’s veterans in historical context. He also explores the nuances of race, gender, and class. Despite many differences, some obvious and some not, Gambone nonetheless finds a great deal of continuity, and ultimately concludes that Korean and Vietnam veterans have much more in common with the Greatest Generation than was previously understood.

Author : David Eugene Johnson,Adam Grissom,Olga Oliker
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780833044136

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In the Middle of the Fight by David Eugene Johnson,Adam Grissom,Olga Oliker Pdf

An analysis of the performance of medium-armored forces across the range of military operations since World War I yields insights with significant implications for U.S. Army decisions about fielding these units in the future. The authors find that medium-armored forces fare poorly against competent, heavily armored opponents, and that the Stryker and Future Combat Systems will not fill the void created by the retirement of the M551 Sheridan.

Author : James R. Arnold,Roberta Wiener
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2024 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216159865

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Understanding U.S. Military Conflicts through Primary Sources [4 volumes] by James R. Arnold,Roberta Wiener Pdf

An easily accessible resource that showcases the links between using documented primary sources and gaining a more nuanced understanding of military history. Primary source analysis is a valuable tool that teaches students how historians utilize documents and interpret evidence from the past. This four-volume reference traces key decisions in U.S. military history—from the Revolutionary War through the 21st-century conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq—by examining documents relating to military strategy and national policy judgments by U.S. military and political leaders. A comprehensive introductory essay provides readers with the context necessary to understand the relationship between diplomatic documents, military correspondence, and other documentation related to events that shaped warfare, diplomacy, and military strategy. Once the stage is set, the work covers 14 conflicts that are significant to U.S. history. Treatment of each of the conflicts begins with a historical overview followed by a chronology and approximately 30 primary source documents presented in chronological order. Each document is accompanied by a description and annotations and by an analysis that highlights its importance to the event or topic under discussion. Designed for secondary school and college students, the work will be exceptionally valuable to teachers who will appreciate the ready-made lessons that fit directly into core curriculum standards.

Author : David Livingstone Smith
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781429994637

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The Most Dangerous Animal by David Livingstone Smith Pdf

Almost 200 million human beings, mostly civilians, have died in wars over the last century, and there is no end of slaughter in sight. The Most Dangerous Animal asks what it is about human nature that makes it possible for human beings to regularly slaughter their own kind. It tells the story of why all human beings have the potential to be hideously cruel and destructive to one another. Why are we our own worst enemy? The book shows us that war has been with us---in one form or another---since prehistoric times, and looking at the behavior of our close relatives, the chimpanzees, it argues that a penchant for group violence has been bred into us over millions of years of biological evolution. The Most Dangerous Animal takes the reader on a journey through evolution, history, anthropology, and psychology, showing how and why the human mind has a dual nature: on the one hand, we are ferocious, dangerous animals who regularly commit terrible atrocities against our own kind, on the other, we have a deep aversion to killing, a horror of taking human life. Meticulously researched and far-reaching in scope and with examples taken from ancient and modern history, The Most Dangerous Animal delivers a sobering lesson for an increasingly dangerous world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UCSB:31205030024119

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Military Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Russell W. Glenn
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050048506

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Reading Athena's Dance Card by Russell W. Glenn Pdf

Glenn first surveyed members of the 1st Cavalry Division who fought in Vietnam, then polled a sample of officers currently on active duty to validate the results. His findings demonstrate that contrary to popular perception, nearly all American combatants met the fundamental demand of combat: engage the enemy when called upon. This is a far different statistic from the 25 percent commonly attributed to U.S. ground forces in World War II.".

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1332 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015054022366

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

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