Thesis Statement: Trench warfare battles as a defensive and offensive measure became ineffective due to modern technology, greater reaching weapons, and equipment. Discussion: Trench warfare as a tactic had offensive and defense advantages during...
This study analyzes the Peruvian Maoist Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) movement to discover an explanation for its survival and growth in power. The nature of the insurgency, to include the movement's goals, forms of warfare, ideology, strategy,...
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....
While Algeria was facing internal security issues with illegal Islamist armed groups in the 1990s, some Sahelian-Saharan states were reducing their institutional presence in their border region with Algeria. Mali was demilitarizing its northern...
This study assesses the evolution of the Colombian insurgency and drug trafficking situation, through 1994. The Colombian government's efforts to meet both challenges are detailed and analyzed in order to conclude if a peace between the government...
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terrorism have raised the interest of the United States Government in insurgencies and counterinsurgencies. There are many different types and classifications of insurgencies. Two major types are...
La escuela de comando y estado mayor en el siglo XXI: La escuela de comando y estado mayor del ejército de EE.UU.: una visión general. BG John R. Wood, Ejército de EE.UU.
Desde el año 2001 hasta el presente se han asignado los artículos en nuestro índice anual a la materia o materias más adecuadas sin vincularlos con la materia o materias de los años anteriores. Debido al hecho de que aun no hemos actualizado...
This study analyzes the counterinsurgency efforts of the Peruvian government to defeat the Maoist Shining Path movement. An examination of the government response within the context of the Peruvian environment reveals the government's failure to...
The dilemma of oral command in critical situations ones the Soldier is already involved in the riot. When a superior make an oral command to a Soldier to shoot against the people from the riot who are face to face and he is in danger to get kill....
The dilemma of oral command in critical situations ones the Soldier is already involved in the riot. When a superior make an oral command to a Soldier to shoot against the people from the riot who are face to face and he is in danger to get kill....
Thesis: It is important for military professionals to take time out of their busy schedules to study military history. The study of military history allows NCOs to see the great contributions made by past NCOs and officers. It also allows them to...
This is a ready reference compilation of basic military assistance agreements. Countries include Belgium, Brazil, and Cambodia to Turkey, United Kingdom, and Uruguay, as well as a bibliography of selected international agreements.
The end of the Cold War brought a period of prosperity with expectations for peace, broken by a new kind of small and protracted conflicts. Western powers, freed from the former threat, were eager to commit military units in peace operations. The...
This monograph discusses the utility of strategic satellite reconnaissance in terms of its capability to satisfy our intelligence requirements in Europe. Although the context is present day Europe, it is not tied to ongoing Conventional Forces...
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 preponderance of literature and scholarly debate on counterinsurgency (COIN) focuses on the strategic or operational approach: leader-focused; large group-focused; special operations; conventional operations; enemy centric; and the latest,...