Turkish Culture had a profound influence on the conduct of its counter-insurgency campaign against the Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK). The independent variables shaping Turkey’s response to the insurgency were a unique brand of nationalism,...
Forward by Dr. William G. Robertson: The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is pleased to present its latest publication in the Occasional Paper Series, "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There" The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989, by Mr....
Forward by Dr. William G. Robertson: The Combat Studies Institute (CSI) is pleased to present its latest publication in the Occasional Paper Series, "We Have Not Learned How to Wage War There" The Soviet Approach in Afghanistan,1979-1989, by Mr....
Concepts Division, Aerospace Studies Institute, Air University; Barondes, Arthur D.
This study has been prepared at the Aerospace Studies Institute (ASI) as part of a continuing program to examine the role of airpower in guerrilla warfare. It is one of several studies undertaken simultaneously on the conduct of guerrilla warfare...
History is a stern teacher. Military leaders rely on history to ensure that the course of battle
is in favor of the Army that heeds history’s lesson. This paper will focus on two examples of
a military force succeeding in its effort to achieve...
Eight years of persistent conflict and increasing engagement requirements across the globe have followed the end of the Cold War. Appropriately, leaders and theorists recognize the professional military obligation and importance of adapting...
After toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein in a few weeks, the decisive operational maneuver victory was not enough to defeat the enemy’s will to fight. Instead of challenging US forces in a conventional military battle, the enemy has now sought...
America's wars cannot be won simply by applying lethal effects. The U.S. military can defeat any adversary using lethal effects to gain, clear and hold key terrain or cities faster than at any other time in history. However, winning the war...
This study examines the planning, execution, and results of U.S. military involvement in the 1970 Cambodian incursions. Named Operation Rockcrusher, the attacks targeted North Vietnamese sanctuaries in officially neutral Cambodia. Strategic...
Techniques used to gather actionable intelligence to achieve mission success were used
during the Spanish American war and the Philippine Insurrection. Until a recent
executive order signed by President Obama banning water boarding and...
The efficiency of the military's ability to gather and understand actionable intelligence has drastically improved. There was a time in history when intelligence played a very small role in the outcome of battles. The determining factor was size,...
Abstract: Actionable intelligence in today’s contemporary operating environment is a lesson that the intelligence community continues to work on. Most important to ensuring that actionable intelligence is in the hands of the combatant commander,...
THESIS: Even though actionable intelligence has led to mission success, when it isn’t timely or accurate it has led to mission failure in full spectrum operations conducted in Afghanistan and in Vera Cruz, 1914. ABSTRACT: The use of actionable...
The United States military is an ever-changing organization, over time we have learned certain techniques to gather actionable intelligence, and these methods are still effective today. When the U.S military is at war we will continue to use any...
This paper discusses two ways in which the Army obtains its intelligence: 1) use of informants; and 2) emersion. The author weights the importance of both courses of options but favors emersion (working side to side with a population to gain trust...
Actionable intelligence is information that can ultimately influence decisions or lead to kinetic or non-kinetic operations against targets. The attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11), revealed that despite the ability of our...
This paper explores the relationship between the Egyptian military and U.S. security assistance forces, and examines long term U.S. interests in Egypt. The author proposes a novel course of action, "active inaction," as a method of addressing the...
U.S. Army direct and organizational level leaders faced challenges in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, which combined to create an environment permeated by ambiguity and replete with uncertainty. Although it may be impossible...