Soldiers Of Misfortune Declassified Press

Author : Thomas Mockaitis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536956422

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Soldiers of Misfortune? [Declassified Press] by Thomas Mockaitis Pdf

Private contractors have become an essential but highly problematic element in the U.S. military's total force structure. The Army in particular relies heavily on contractors to perform duties that free up Soldiers for combat roles. The vast majority of these civilian employees provide logistical and technical support. They build facilities, do laundry, and staff dining halls on U.S. bases at home and abroad. While some of these contractors have been involved in issues of waste, fraud, and abuse, these issues do not have a significant effect on the conduct of contingency operations, especially counterinsurgency (COIN) campaigns.The same cannot be said of a small subset of military contractors known as private military security contractors (PMSCs). PMSCs provide armed security personnel to support contingency operations abroad. They provide heavily armed personal security details for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of State (DoS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), construction contractors, nongovernmental and international organizations (NGOs and IOs), and even private individuals. They also supply static security guards for bases and other facilities, and escort supply convoys in conflict zones. These activities have embroiled them in escalation-of-force and other incidents that have undermined mission goals and objectives. Reigning in security contractors thus presents a major challenge for the U.S. Government in general and the Army in particular.

Author : Jonathan M. House
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806167787

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A Military History of the Cold War, 1962–1991 by Jonathan M. House Pdf

Study of the Cold War all too often shows us the war that wasn’t fought. The reality, of course, is that many “hot” conflicts did occur, some with the great powers' weapons and approval, others without. It is this reality, and this period of quasi-war and semiconflict, that Jonathan M. House plumbs in A Military History of the Cold War, 1962–1991, a complex case study in the Clausewitzian relationship between policy and military force during a time of global upheaval and political realignment. This volume opens a new perspective on three fraught decades of Cold War history, revealing how the realities of time, distance, resources, and military culture often constrained and diverted the inclinations or policies of world leaders. In addition to the Vietnam War and nuclear confrontations between the USSR and the United States, this period saw dozens of regional wars and insurgencies fought throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Cuba, Pakistan, Indonesia, Israel, Egypt, and South Africa pursued their own goals in ways that drew the superpowers into regional disputes. Even clashes ostensibly unrelated to the politics of East-West confrontation, such as the Nigerian-Biafran conflict, the Falklands/Malvinas War, and the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, involved armed forces, weapons, and tactics developed for the larger conflict and thus come under House’s scrutiny. His study also takes up nontraditional or specialized aspects of the period, including weapons of mass destruction, civil-military relations, civil defense, and control of domestic disorders. The result is a single, integrated survey and analysis of a complex period in geopolitical history, which fills a significant gap in our knowledge of the organization, logistics, operations, and tactics involved in conflict throughout the Cold War.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026878749

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Military Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UCLA:L0072690852

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Quarterly Review of Military Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : MINN:31951P00333415W

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Professional Journal of the United States Army by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Infantry
ISBN : MINN:30000010473613

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Infantry by Anonim Pdf

Author : James D. Sanders,Mark A. Sauter,R. Cort Kirkwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0915765837

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Soldiers of Misfortune by James D. Sanders,Mark A. Sauter,R. Cort Kirkwood Pdf

Reveals for the first time that top U.S. Officials made the determination to write off America's missing sons, secretly held hostage in the Soviet Union.

Author : Marc Lanteigne
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134214037

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China and International Institutions by Marc Lanteigne Pdf

China has shifted its foreign policy from one that avoided engagement in international organizations to one that is now embracing them. These moves present a new challenge to international relations theory. How will the global community be affected by the engagement of this massive global power with international institutions? This new study explores why China has chosen to abandon its previous doctrine of institutional isolation and details how it is currently unable to balance American power unilaterally and details an indirect path to greater power. In addition, it includes the first major analysis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, comprising China, Russia and most of Central Asia. In contrast to many works on the "rise of China" question, which place an emphasis on her material goods and powers, this book delivers a new approach. It shows how the unique barriers Beijing is facing are preventing the country from taking the traditional paths of territorial expansion and political-economic domination in order to develop as a great power. One of these barriers is the United States and its inherent military and economic strength. The other is the existence of nuclear weapons, which makes direct great power conflict unacceptably costly. China has therefore opted for a new path, using institutions as stepping stones to great power status. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international relations, world politics, world history and Asia.

Author : Wilhelm F. Flicke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0894122339

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War Secrets in the Ether by Wilhelm F. Flicke Pdf

"The story of German 'code-breaking' successes and radio-espionage during and between the world wars"--Cover.

Author : Mark A. Bucknam,Air University Press
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1780399723

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Responsibility of Command by Mark A. Bucknam,Air University Press Pdf

In this study Col Mark A. Bucknam examines the role that theater-level commanders in the UN and NATO played in influencing airpower over Bosnia between April 1993 and December 1995. He presents it in a chronological order that offers a coherent account of Operation Deny Flight. This study challenges assumptions about military leaders, their motivations, and the state of civil-military relations during the Bosnia conflict.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428990432

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The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon by Anonim Pdf

Jerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story of this wonderfully capable machine. This weapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking including infiltration and resupply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed hard-driven officers as Brenci Uttaro Ferkes Meller and Thigpen the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night in a low-level mountainous environment covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions.

Author : Malcolm McConnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015033996128

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Inside Hanoi's Secret Archives by Malcolm McConnell Pdf

Based on exclusive access to secret Vietnamese archives and classified U.S. sources, here, finally, is the key to the POW/MIA mystery that has haunted America since the end of the Vietnam War. Includes previously unreleased photos of American POWs, living and dead, from the PAVN archives.

Author : Jesse Ferris
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691155142

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Nasser's Gamble by Jesse Ferris Pdf

Nasser's Gamble draws on declassified documents from six countries and original material in Arabic, German, Hebrew, and Russian to present a new understanding of Egypt's disastrous five-year intervention in Yemen, which Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser later referred to as "my Vietnam." Jesse Ferris argues that Nasser's attempt to export the Egyptian revolution to Yemen played a decisive role in destabilizing Egypt's relations with the Cold War powers, tarnishing its image in the Arab world, ruining its economy, and driving its rulers to instigate the fatal series of missteps that led to war with Israel in 1967. Viewing the Six Day War as an unintended consequence of the Saudi-Egyptian struggle over Yemen, Ferris demonstrates that the most important Cold War conflict in the Middle East was not the clash between Israel and its neighbors. It was the inter-Arab struggle between monarchies and republics over power and legitimacy. Egypt's defeat in the "Arab Cold War" set the stage for the rise of Saudi Arabia and political Islam. Bold and provocative, Nasser's Gamble brings to life a critical phase in the modern history of the Middle East. Its compelling analysis of Egypt's fall from power in the 1960s offers new insights into the decline of Arab nationalism, exposing the deep historical roots of the Arab Spring of 2011.

Author : William Glenn Robertson,Lawrence A. Yates
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89089135107

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Block by Block by William Glenn Robertson,Lawrence A. Yates Pdf

First published by the Combat Studies Institute Press. The resulting anthology begins with a general overview of urban operations from ancient times to the midpoint of the twentieth century. It then details ten specific case studies of U.S., German, and Japanese operations in cities during World War II and ends with more recent Russian attempts to subdue Chechen fighters in Grozny and the Serbian siege of Sarajevo. Operations range across the spectrum from combat to humanitarian and disaster relief. Each chapter contains a narrative account of a designated operation, identifying and analyzing the lessons that remain relevant today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437923087

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“My Clan Against the World”: U.S. and Coalition Forces in Somalia 1992-1994 by Anonim Pdf

This study examines the American military's experience with urban operations in Somalia, particularly in the capital city of Mogadishu. That original focus can be found in the following pages, but the authors address other, broader issues as well, to include planning for a multinational intervention; workable and unworkable command and control arrangements; the advantages and problems inherent in coalition operations; the need for cultural awareness in a clan-based society whose status as a nation-state is problematic; the continuous adjustments required by a dynamic, often unpredictable situation; the political dimension of military activities at the operational and tactical levels; and the ability to match military power and capabilities to the mission at hand.