This thesis reviews all commentary on the US response (or lack thereof) to the 1994 Rwanda genocide to identify suggested US responses to a similar situation that may occur in the future. Purpose is to develop a course of action for the US...
Colombia remains one of the most troubled countries in South America. The continued export of drugs coupled with a significant insurgent threat and increased violence against civilians, signals a crisis capable of disrupting the entire region....
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...
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...
It is not known against whom or where the United States Army will fight next, nor is it clear what the nature of that conflict will be. What is relatively certain is that the United States Army will likely initially get it wrong, regardless of its...
Recent scholarly work has devoted much attention to analyzing the French counterinsurgency war in Algeria from 1954 to 1962. The United States military has taken many of the lessons and principles offered by authors such as David Galula and Roger...
This study strives to determine the most effective way to organize and train a military force at the brigade level and below to build peace during contested peace operations. The thesis investigates three organizational models for military forces....
Stewart, Roger D. ; Avila, Alex; Cattin, Tommie; Hokianga, Patrick; Smalls, James
Thesis Statement. Despite the best intentions of the
Geneva Conventions to instill humanitarian principles amongst nations
at war, the treaties had a minimal effect on the treatment of American
Prisoners of War during World War II (WW II), the...
Few insurgencies are resolved by military means alone. Insurgents, by definition, pursue political ends and resolve to accomplish those objectives by means of violence. Today the United States and her Allies are engaged in two distinct...
The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 was a cataclysmic international event. Because of the devastation suffered during the genocide, a focused effort at repairing the social fabric of the nation had to take place. The case shows how Rwanda overcame the...
The process of amnesty, reconciliation, and reintegration (AR2) is typically regarded as a post-conflict process. In South Africa AR2 occurred before hostilities between government security forces and opposition groups developed into a civil war....
The Maoist-inspired Communist Party of the Philippines celebrated its 37th anniversary on December 2005. It marks a long history of violence, terror, and instability in the archipelagic country of 87 million people, causing thousands of casualties...
This monograph tells the narrative of the FARC in Colombia from the perspective of the counterinsurgent and presents a summary of the evolution of the FARC. The Colombian government has achieved recent success against the FARC after more than forty...
Andrew Johnson, Vice President during Abraham Lincoln presidential term, acceded on the highest political position in the United States upon Lincoln death on April 15, 1865, immediately after the end of the Civil War. President Johnson had to...
This study examined the conditions which brought about the organization and growth of anti-communist vigilantes, and their impact on the counterinsurgency effort and society in the Philippines. The analysis aimed at determining a suitable role for...
Kirtland, James H.; Faiello, David A.; Mahmud-Bey, Mahdi; Brown, Bobby L.
Thesis statement: The recent air campaign in the Persian
Gulf shares many aspects with the bombing of the Abbey of Monte
Cassino.
Discussion: In comparing the Anzio/Cassino campaign with the
recent Persian Gulf war, .any siailarities regarding...
During the Interwar period, the Soviet theory of “deep operations,” like Soviet military science as a whole developed in parallel with Soviet armed forces organizational reform, including rearmament and preparation for current threats. The...
Covers Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) operational policies, programs and procedures. It implements Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 1145.2 governing personnel enlisting into the military and processing of Selective Service...
"All nations should observe the laws of warfare, but if some decide to behave less scrupulously than others, those more scrupulous in observance should not decide that they are released from their responsibilities." I3 Such responsibilities are...
Baumann, Robert F.; Gawrych, George W.; Kretchnik, Walter E.
With the aid of a generous grant from the US Institute of Peace, Robert Baumann, George Gawrych, and Walter Kretchik were able to access and examine relevant documents, interview numerous participants, and visit US and NATO forces in Bosnia. As a...