As a result of the national strength of the United States (US) and the demonstrated prowess of her military, US forces are quite susceptible to falling prey to the effects of the "Victory Disease." The Victory Disease brings defeat to a previously...
The Army After Next (AAN) wargames surface a ubiquitous and recurring issue. AAN dominance in open terrain prompts the enemy to seek the protection of complex urban terrain. This response effectively nullifies the AAN Battle Force advantages gained...
Case studies of the 1982-1983 U.S. intervention in Beirut and the 1992-1993 U.S. intervention in Somalia are juxtaposed with the theoretical framework and tenets of the operational art as proposed by Dr. Schneider of the Army School of Advance...
On October 3rd 1993, US efforts in Somalia culminated as the result of an overnight battle that cost eighteen American lives and effectively silenced all optimism that Somalia could be externally resurrected as a functioning state. What began as a...
This monograph examines the U.S. military operations in Beirut, Lebanon 1982-1983 and Somalia 1993 in the context of Clausewitz's theory of a culminating point of victory. The dynamics of peace operations present a unique challenge to military...
Perceptions directly complement or hinder diplomatic success. Understanding other nations’ perceptions of the US elucidates their probable action. Therefore, the fundamental research question posed in this thesis remains a pertinent one for...
This paper seeks to answer the question of whether or not the modern threat environment should drive U.S. Army Attack Aviation to shift its focus from the deep fight to the close battle. The paper concludes that the modern threat of asymmetric...
The urgent requirement for US Army preparedness in conducting urban operations (UO) is very real. As global urbanization continues to increase, the contemporary threat environment makes operations in cities impossible to avoid. The past decade has...
In October 1993 the leader of Somalia, Mohammed Farah Aidid, was still on the loose and
creating havoc in the Black Sea district of Mogadishu and Somalia. The United States has already been in this war stricken country since 1991. The U.S....
This paper discusses the nature of war and warfare. It contends that unclear policy objectives and a lack of strategy contributed to strategic defeats in Vietnam and Somalia despite tactical successes. This was in part the result of a tendency to...
This study examines the doctrinal definition of deterrence, reviews Bernard Brodie's deterrence theory and discusses the impacts of his theory upon state and nonstate actors. The study further defines the terms asymmetry and asymmetrical threats...
Both the humanitarian mission and the nation-building mission involving U.S. and allied forces in Mogadishu, Somali, failed for various reasons. One main concern in the U.S. Armed Forces’ involvement in Mogadishu was how our image is perceived...
The purpose of this monograph is to determine if transformation to a light armor force is in the best interest of the Army. Since the Objective Force attains the ability to meet the ninety six hour deployment capability by drastic reductions in...
This paper will discuss the comparison between the insurgencies of the Indians Wars and the Battle of Mogadishu. Insurgent wars have been waged throughout history and the United States itself was founded, when we as Americans were the insurgence...
This thesis centers on the historical review of one battalion as it participated in three operations other than war in the 1990’s. The thesis is a five-chapter work containing an introduction, three chapters focusing on each of the deployments...
As global urbanization increases, the likelihood of United States (US) military participation in combat operations in urban areas also grows proportionally. This study examines the mission analysis step of the military decision-making process...
This monograph investigates the reasons for the lack of coordination and combined effort between political leadership, military engagement and humanitarian activity during a humanitarian intervention. It analyses basic principles to successfully...
Even as one humanitarian crisis subsided in Iraq, another emerged in Somalia, an arid, impoverished, and turbulent failed state on the horn of Africa. Night after night international TV broadcast images of starving children covered with flies and...
Freeman, Elvin; Morton, Carl R.; Payton, Minnie L.; Schimmel, Peter J.
Personnel procurement and organization strength plays a vital role in the principal of war “Economy of Forces”. The Department of Defense in conjunction with Congress and many other entities mandate the management of the personnel strength for...
Personnel procurement and organization strength plays a vital role in the principal of war “Economy of Forces”. The Department of Defense in conjunction with Congress and many other entities mandate the management of the personnel strength for...