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2. Operation AL FAJR : a study in Army and Marine Corps joint operations
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Matthews, Matt and Matthews, Matt
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- Iraq War, 2003-2011., Fallujah, Battle of, Fallūjah, Iraq, 2004., Combined operations (Military science) Case studies., Unified operations (Military science) Case studies., Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011., Bataille de Falūdja, Falūdja, Irak, 2004., Opérations combinées (Science militaire) Études de cas., Opérations interarmes (Science militaire) Études de cas., Armed Forces Mobilization., Combined operations (Military science), Unified operations (Military science), United States Case studies. Armed Forces Mobilization, Iraq., Iraq Fallūjah., United States.
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In November 2004, a combined USMC, US Army, and Iraqi Army offensive succeeded in eliminating the enemy in Fallujah in a destructive urban battle. This paper focuses on the ways in which Army and Marine forces operated together in the second Battle of Fallujah. Among the many Army units that participated, Task Force 2-2 Infantry and Task Force 2-7 Cavalry spearheaded the attacks of two Marine regimental combat teams into and through the city. With access to first-person accounts and unit histories from both task forces, narrative describes their role in the battle from notification, to planning, and through the fighting to the conclusion of their role in the battle. Army? Marine interoperability is the theme around which this account is based. Well-educated and professional Army and Marine leaders at the Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel levels overcame many ingrained cultural differences to synchronize operations. Areas in which the Army and Marines must continue to improve their ability to fight side by side is also addressed.
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- 2006
3. The Strategic Logic of Sectarian Killing in Iraq.
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Boyle, Michael J.
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VIOLENCE , *SECTS , *COMBINED operations (Military science) - Abstract
Since the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, one of the chief sectarian problems facing U.S. and allied forces has tit for tat killings between sectarian communities in Iraq. This violence, however, does not represent merely senseless killing, or even a concerted attempt to raise the costs of occupation and force a withdrawal of Coalition forces. To the contrary, this paper argues that there is a distinct strategic logic for the violence in Iraq, as the armed groups representing sectarian communities conduct both inter-sectarian and intra-sectarian bargaining. Using the data available on sectarian killing, it argues that Sunni insurgent groups are conducting an escalatory strategy designed to start a civil war with Shiâa insurgents, while attempting to counter al-Qaedaâs strategy of mass-scale civilian killings for demonstration effects. This has led to a process of outbidding where Sunni leaders are gradually becoming more radicalized and less inclined to participate in the political process. It further argues that Shiâa violence can be explained as a form of hedging, as Shiâa leaders participate in the political process while turning a blind eye to freelancing Shiâa militias. This allows them to be in a stronger position vis a vis their Shiâa rivals and Sunni factions if the Iraq government collapses. Thus this paper concludes that only by shifting the incentives for Sunnis (to stop the process of sectarian outbidding) and for Shiâas (to reduce the attractiveness of hedging strategies) can sectarian killings in Iraq be brought to an end. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
4. Increasing JIIM interoperability in the security cooperation environment
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Tomich, Donald J. and Tomich, Donald J.
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- National security International cooperation., Unified operations (Military science), Intergovernmental cooperation., Interagency coordination., Combined operations (Military science), Opérations interarmes (Science militaire), Coopération intergouvernementale., Coordination interinstitutionnelle., Opérations combinées (Science militaire), Combined operations (Military science), Interagency coordination., Intergovernmental cooperation., National security International cooperation., Unified operations (Military science)
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Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) organizations participate in the Theater Security Cooperation environment. Each of these organizations' roles and responsibilities contribute to a holistic approach in the development of defense relationships. The Theater Security Cooperation environment is complex and plagued by disparities in terminology, doctrine, and policies of the U.S. military and interagency organizations, as well as those of our partner nations. These issues create interoperability gaps that impede their ability to synchronize actions and ensure complementary efforts are occurring to achieve unity of effort and action. This paper will analyze the various directives and publications to develop an understanding of the goals of security cooperation, the key organizations involved in security cooperation at the various levels of control, the roles and responsibilities of these organizations, and how these organizations contribute to the holistic approach to security cooperation. Lastly, the paper will provide recommendations on ways to better integrate organizational efforts to increase JIIM interoperability in the security cooperation arena and follow-on unified actions.
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- 2014
5. Wind Tunnel Tests of UiTM Blended Wing Body - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (BWB-UAV) Prototype.
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Wisnoe, Wirachman, Nasir, Rizal E. M., Musyamel Saarani, Wan Aizad, Mohd Saad, Nornashiha, and Afiq Mamud, Mohd Amirul
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COMBINED operations (Military science) ,DRONE warfare ,FOREIGN military bases ,MILITARY transports - Abstract
In 2014 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia has been granted a research project under Prototype Research Grant Scheme from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia to build a prototype of Blended Wing Body - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for aerial surveillance. In this paper the aerodynamic characteristics of the prototype in the longitudinal direction are presented in terms of lift coefficient, drag coefficient, and pitching moment coefficient obtained from wind tunnel tests. The tests are conducted on a ¼ scaled half model aircraft placed in UiTM Low Speed Tunnel at wind speed of 20 m/s, 25 m/s, 30 m/s, 35 m/s and 40 m/s representing Reynolds number in the order of 105. For each wind speed, the angle of attack is varied from -10º to 64º to observe the full capability of the aircraft. Visualisation using thread tufts is also executed to see the flow pattern on the surface of the aircraft at certain angles. The results show that the maximum lift coefficient is around 0.65 at 28º angle of attack, the minimum drag coefficient is below 0.03 at zero angle of attack, and the maximum lift-to-drag ratio is about 20 at 3º angle of attack. The pitching moment curve indicates a static stability with negative slope between -7º to 10º angle of attack. Visualisation shows the flow separation progress on the surface of canard, wing and fuselage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
6. State Complexity of Combined Operations with Union, Intersection, Star and Reversal.
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Gao, Yuan and Yu, Sheng
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SEQUENTIAL machine theory ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,MACHINE theory ,COMPUTERS ,CELLULAR automata ,PROGRAMMABLE sequence controllers ,MILITARY science - Abstract
In this paper, we study the state complexities of four combined operations: L
* 1 ∪ L2 , L* 1 ∩ L2 , LR 1 ∪ L2 , and LR 1 ∩ L2 . The tight bounds for all these combined operations on regular languages are obtained and proved. We show that, as usual, they are different from the mathematical compositions of the state complexities of their individual participating operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2012
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7. Uncharted Waters: Information in the First Modern Joint Campaign - Norway 1940.
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Corum, James S
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COMBINED operations (Military science) ,WORLD War II campaigns ,MILITARY science ,INFORMATION technology ,MILITARY tactics ,MILITARY strategy - Abstract
The 1940 Norway campaign was the first truly modern joint operation in which ground, sea and air forces all played major roles. With three services involved over a huge theater of war, the normal friction in obtaining and disseminating intelligence and information that one finds in a joint operation was multiplied. As the two sides were fairly evenly matched, effective use of intelligence and information provided a decisive advantage. This paper analyzes the use of information and intelligence of both sides at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. Both sides performed poorly at the strategic level but the Germans proved far superior to the British at the operational and tactical levels. The paper challenges several common assumptions on the importance of intelligence and information in joint campaigns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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8. The moral implications of unmanned aircraft systems upon coalition warfare
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Rueschhoff, Jason and Rueschhoff, Jason
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- Just war doctrine., Drone aircraft Moral and ethical aspects., Combined operations (Military science), Guerre juste., Drones Aspect moral., Opérations combinées (Science militaire), Combined operations (Military science), Just war doctrine.
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A unique nexus exists between coalition warfare, its employment of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), and Just War Theory (JWT). Understanding the profound moral implications of UASs upon coalition warfare will facilitate successful combined engagements. This paper will examine UAS usage in coalition warfare within the framework of JWT and highlight the results to coalition cohesion, integration, and future relationships. It will then provide several recommendations on the way forward.
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- 2015
9. Combined operations and British strategy, 1900-9.
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Grimes, Shawn
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COMBINED operations (Military science) ,HISTORY of military art & science ,20TH century British military history ,GERMANY-Great Britain relations ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
Combined operations in Britain's pre-1914 strategy have been portrayed as fantastical, envisioning troop landings on Germany's Baltic coast. These plans were apparently much in vogue during Admiral Sir John Fisher's first term as first sea lord. Recent interpretations have also argued that Fisher never seriously considered amphibious projects over an economic strategy. This article will demonstrate that amphibious plans were central to the royal navy's strategy against Germany but were limited to supporting a North Sea/Baltic observational blockade. Significantly, in 1905 and 1908, it was the army that proposed landings in northern Germany and Denmark, not the admiralty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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10. Interagency-attuned warriors : cultivate them as cadets
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Matuskevich, Cynthia Ann and Matuskevich, Cynthia Ann
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- Military education United States., Cultural competence United States., Interagency coordination United States., Unified operations (Military science), Combined operations (Military science), Intergovernmental cooperation., Compétence culturelle États-Unis., Coordination interinstitutionnelle États-Unis., Opérations interarmes (Science militaire), Opérations combinées (Science militaire), Coopération intergouvernementale., Armed Forces Officers Training of., Combined operations (Military science), Cultural competence., Interagency coordination., Intergovernmental cooperation., Military education., Unified operations (Military science), United States.
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The U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command's Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) program for Cadets was created to achieve the objectives of the Army Culture and Foreign Language Strategy -- to produce officers who possess language and cultural skills. Program execution fulfills security cooperation objectives of Combatant Commands and Embassy Country Teams. Studies have shown the direct benefits CULP has had on developing cultural insights into foreign cultures but has overlooked and under-assessed the subsequent development of cultural insights into the inter-agency process of the 3Ds (Diplomacy, Development and Defense). This paper suggests that the Army needs to review its current Officer Professional Military Education and develop specific education, training, and policies targeted at developing joint, interagency, inter-governmental and multi-national (JIIM) competence earlier in an officer's career. It discusses the potential of adding new objectives to the CULP program focused on JIIM competency development, potential opposition, and makes final recommendations.
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- 2014
11. Using interoperability as an effective enabler of national power
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Jastrab, Jerome and Jastrab, Jerome
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- Combined operations (Military science), Opérations combinées (Science militaire), Combined operations (Military science), Military relations., Planning., United States Military relations., États-Unis Relations militaires., United States.
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When conducting alliance or coalition operations, every nation sees interoperability as a desired force multiplier which enables economy of effort. Interoperability is also seen as a means to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of military and interagency operations in pursuit of national interests. However, there is not a common definition and understanding of the word itself, and there are many challenges. Additionally, interoperability occurs at the strategic, operational, and tactical level and covers the technical, doctrinal and human dimensions. Considering this multi-dimensional scope and the temporal nature of gains, a complete and absolute state of interoperability is not achievable. Therefore, in an environment of constrained resources, the Department of Defense must reconsider its approach. This paper recommends Department of Defense adopt an integrated team approach to interoperability and prioritize its efforts and resources on US allies and friendly nations with shared national interests. Subsequently, key staff leads and combatant commanders must play a much greater role in determining interoperability goals and objectives, and optimizing the results for the resources invested.
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- 2014
12. 'In Case the Raid Is Unsuccessful...' Selling Dieppe to Canadians.
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Balzer, Timothy
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MILITARY science ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,MILITARY strategy ,PUBLICITY - Abstract
Before the disastrous 1942 Dieppe raid, allied authorities, headed by Lord Mountbatten's Combined Operations Headquarters, devised a publicity strategy to minimize negative press if the raid failed. This deceptive policy initially led the English-Canadian press to portray Dieppe as successful. However, as more information emerged, there arose a growing criticism of the raid in some Canadian newspapers. Yet the political leanings of some newspapers heavily influenced their editorial stance on the raid. The deceptive publicity efforts failed to convince many Canadians, although the reputation of Mountbatten and his organization was preserved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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13. Allies Embed in Futures Command.
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COMBINED operations (Military science) - Abstract
The article reports the embedding of international allies of the U.S. military into eight cross-functional teams of the U.S. Army and also into its Futures Command branch.
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- 2019
14. Operation Market Garden: Case Study For Analyzing Senior Leader Responsibilities
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Lt.-Col. Elizabeth A. Coble and Lt.-Col. Elizabeth A. Coble
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- Command of troops--Decision making, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Netherlands, Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944, Combined operations (Military science), Airborne operations (Military science), Leadership--Decision making
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With German forces on the run following the Allied success at Normandy and the breakout and pursuit across France, Allied forces were staged to enter Germany in late summer 1944. Both Field Marshal Montgomery and General Bradley clamored to be given the priority of effort. General Eisenhower chose Montgomery's Operation MARKET GARDEN as the plan for action. It called for airborne forces to open the route for a ground force to move more than sixty miles up a single road, ending up north of the Rhine River near Arnhem, Netherlands. By accomplishing this task, the German Ruhr industrial heartland would be within easy grasp. But the operation failed. The ground force did not make it to the last bridge; it was six more months before Allied forces crossed the Lower Rhine River near Arnhem. Between 17 and 26 September 1944, there were 17,000 Allied casualties including eighty percent of the 1st Airborne Division (UK). Did senior Allied leaders do enough to resolve issues raised before the operation began? Should it even have been conducted at all? This paper uses primary sources, including diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and unit reports, to examine what role senior leaders played in the failure of the operation.
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- 2015
15. The Twelfth US Air Force: Tactical And Operational Innovations In The Mediterranean Theater Of Operations, 1943-1944
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Major Matthew G. St. Clair USMC and Major Matthew G. St. Clair USMC
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- Unified operations (Military science), Operation Avalanche, 1943, Operation Husky, 1943, Operation Torch, 1942, Combined operations (Military science), World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Region, Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944
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This paper analyzes the participation of the US Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater of operation from 1943 to 1944 and also studies the coalition and joint operations required in the air campaign. Coalition and joint warfare provides numerous command, control, and coordination problems that are not easily de-conflicted. The requirements of the coalition air campaign in the Mediterranean theater provided significant challenges to the leadership of the US Army Air Forces (AAF). Prewar Army Air Corps doctrine focused on strategic bombing and aerial interdiction. Air- men lacked a well thought-out tactical support doctrine and had no doctrine for supporting amphibious operations. The mission of the AAF in the North African and Italian campaigns was the winning of air superiority. The Twelfth Air Force had to adopt new tactics and operational techniques to support the Allied landings at Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio, Italy, against the formidable German Luftwaffe.The Mediterranean theater was the first theater to encounter the use of precision-guided munitions in the form of radio-controlled glide bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe. The Mediterranean theater was designated a secondary theater of war, resulting in the Twelfth Air Force operating with inadequate resources, as aircraft and crews were periodically reassigned to units supporting the Combined Bomber Offensive in the European theater of operations. While supporting the Mediterranean theater, the Twelfth Air Force operated alongside the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and was routinely tasked with supporting operations of both the US Fifth and British Eighth Armies. This provided significant command, control, and communication (C3) problems that had to be addressed to optimize the effectiveness of Allied airpower.
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- 2015
16. CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE - UNITY FACTOR OR CHALLENGE IN THE MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
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PALAGHIA, Rita
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CROSS-cultural orientation ,MULTINATIONAL armed forces ,PERFORMANCE ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,CROSS-cultural differences ,CONCORD ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation ,MILITARY science ,NATIONAL security - Abstract
The aim of the article is to present, analyze and understand the way in which cultural knowledge and the development of cross cultural competence contribute to the participants' training for taking part into multinational joint missions, and also for the increase of their operational efficiency in order to accomplish the given tasks and, implicitly, of the planned objectives. The article takes into consideration the training methods, stressing the need to understand the strategies and the principles of action, of the way in which cross-cultural competence is developed and checked, in direct connection with the risks and the situational awareness from the theater of operations from Afghanistan and also with a direct relationship, on one hand, among the participating actors and, on the other hand, the relationship between them and the local population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2017
17. Ciphertext-only cryptanalysis of Hagelin M-209 pins and lugs.
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Lasry, George, Kopal, Nils, and Wacker, Arno
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ENCRYPTION protocols ,CRYPTOGRAPHY ,WORLD War II ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,STRATEGIC forces - Abstract
The Hagelin M-209 was a mechanical encryption device used by the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War, as well as by other armies and in embassy settings. In this article, the authors present a four-stage hillclimbing algorithm for recovering the full key settings from ciphertext only. The first two stages are based on a divide-and-conquer approach developed by Geoff Sullivan. In the current performance evaluation, the authors show that their method is able to recover key settings from messages as short as 750 letters, compared to 2,000 – 2,500 letters with prior methods. With this method, they solved several M-209 ciphertext-only challenges, including the final exercises in W. Barker’s 1977 book,Cryptanalysis of the Hagelin Cryptograph. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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18. The Hedgehog and the Fox: Leadership lessons from D-Day.
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Grint, Keith
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LEADERSHIP ,NORMANDY Invasion, 1944 ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,COMMAND of troops ,MANAGEMENT - Abstract
On 6 June 2014, it will be 70 years since D-Day. This article, drawn from my book on the topic (Grint, 2008), reconfigures the operation as a contest between two different approaches to war that embody different assumptions about the importance of leadership, management and command. Taking Archilocus’ phrase – ‘The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing’ – I suggest that the success of the Allies was dependent upon their greater attention to all three decision modes and their related problems than their German foes, whose penchant for the Cult of Combat led them to be more effective in battle but less effective in the pursuit of war. I relate this to the difference between Tame, Wicked and Critical problems and comment on the difference between Deficit and Asset models of organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2014
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19. Reshaping Defence Diplomacy : New Roles for Military Cooperation and Assistance
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Andrew Cottey and Andrew Cottey
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- Military assistance, Combined operations (Military science), Peacekeeping forces, Security, International, Civil-military relations
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Analyses changing patterns of international military cooperation and assistance and shows that Western defence diplomacy is increasingly being directed towards new goals. The new defence diplomacy runs alongside the old and there are tensions between the two, in particular between the new goal of promoting democracy and the old imperative of supporting authoritarian allies.
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- 2004
20. Viewing coalition leadership through a cultural lens
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Munsey, Thomas E. and Munsey, Thomas E.
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- Combined operations (Military science), Combined operations (Military science) Social aspects., Cultural awareness., Cultural awareness Study and teaching., Opérations combinées (Science militaire), Opérations combinées (Science militaire) Aspect social., Sensibilisation aux cultures., Sensibilisation aux cultures Étude et enseignement., Combined operations (Military science), Cultural awareness.
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Coalitions have proven effective political and military instruments often adding to the legitimacy of military operations. Coalitions have not replaced traditional alliances; but they do have the ability to build upon partner capabilities, particularly regional capabilities as the U.S. increases its engagement in regions in which it has not operated extensively since the beginning of the War on Terror. Much of the work and study on coalition warfare has been in the technical arena to include creating and developing systems and networks that enable multinational communications and ease of information flow. An understanding of the social and cognitive dimensions across cultures is required to effectively lead multinational coalitions and the political purpose of military engagements. The Army should adopt the Cultural Lens Model as a framework for identifying cognitive differences among coalition partners to enable the effective application of coalition military capacity.
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- 2014
21. From Combined Arms to Combined Intelligence: Philosophy, Doctrine and Operations.
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Wirtz, JamesJ. and Rosenwasser, JonJ.
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INTELLIGENCE service ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,HUMAN intelligence (Intelligence service) ,OPEN source intelligence ,ELECTRONIC intelligence ,UNIFIED operations (Military science) ,INTELLIGENCE service laws ,INTELLIGENCE officers ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
'Combined arms' operations have been a central tenet of military planning for nearly a century. They call for the integration of land, air and sea forces to achieve battlefield synergies. This philosophy has equal application to intelligence. The article advances the combined arms concept as a way to foster synergies across the intelligence disciplines - geospatial, signals, measures and signals, human, and most recently open source intelligence. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of each discipline in forming an analytical foundation for such a 'combined intelligence' and calls for developing theory to integrate the intelligence disciplines. The authors suggest that combined intelligence would confer several benefits, including more effective collection efforts and stronger countermeasures against adversary denial and deception. The article closes by calling for development of concepts and doctrine to put combined intelligence into practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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22. Russian-Iranian Relations in the Obama Era.
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Katz, Mark N.
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,FOREIGN relations of the United States ,IRAN-United States relations ,RUSSIA-United States relations ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,POLITICAL science ,NUCLEAR weapons - Abstract
The article focuses on the relationship between Russia and Iran since the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama in January 2009. It states that the administration attempted to strengthen the relation of U.S. with both countries, but several factors have impeded to achieve its objectives. It includes the response of Russia and Iran, as well as unexpected effects of the administration's efforts to simultaneously improve its relations. It mentions that various conflicts still exist despite the enhanced relations between Iran and Russia in 1990, which involve Vladimir Putin's proposed joint U.S.-Russia missile defense system. It concludes the failure of Obama administration to boost its relations with both Iran and Russia increased the conflict between the two countries.
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- 2010
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23. The Johnson Administration and the Recruitment of Allies in Vietnam, 1964–1968.
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COLMAN, JONATHAN and WIDÉN, J. J.
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VIETNAM War, 1961-1975 ,INTERNATIONAL relations -- 1965-1975 ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,COALITIONS ,POLITICS & war ,INTERNATIONAL alliances - Abstract
The Vietnam War has generated a vast literature but one which has often forgotten that the United States fought in Vietnam as part of a coalition. This article examines Washington's efforts under President Lyndon B. Johnson to recruit third country combat assistance. He and his colleagues sought military help less for practical reasons than for political ones as a way of legitimizing the war both domestically and abroad. However, no NATO countries were willing to participate, and some of the five troop-contributing countries (Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand) were attracted probably more by American largesse than by idealism. In exploring the diplomacy of coalition-building, this article has a contemporary resonance in the light of the military campaigns initiated by the White House since 2003. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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24. High Hopes, Bold Aims, Limited Results: Britain and the Establishment of the NATO Mediterranean Command, 1950-1953.
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Chourchoulis, Dionysios
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COMMAND of troops ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,MILITARY policy - Abstract
Although a great deal has been written about British policy in the Middle East in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the reorganization of the Southern flank of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe after the admission of Greece and Turkey into the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the assumption of NATO's naval Mediterranean Command by Britain has attracted little attention. This article analyses British aims and policy on the formation of the Mediterranean Command, the talks between London and Washington concerning the appointment of a Naval Commander-in-Chief, the attitudes of France, Italy, Greece, and Turkey towards British policy, and finally, the establishment of NATO's Mediterranean Command in conjunction with the reorganization of SHAPE's Southern flank. For strategic as well as prestige reasons, Britain tried to retain its traditional dominant eastern Mediterranean position by encouraging the establishment of an Allied naval Mediterranean Command under a British Commander-in-Chief. However, the decline of British military and naval power and political influence meant that Britain secured a compromise settlement which only partially satisfied its aspirations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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25. SECURITY COMMUNITY AND SOUTHEAST ASIA: Australia, the US., and ASEAN's Counter-Terror Strategy.
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Chau, Andrew
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation on counterterrorism ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,RISK assessment ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,SOUTHEAST Asian politics & government, 1945- ,INTERGOVERNMENTAL cooperation - Abstract
This article discusses the counterterrorism policy developed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as it relates to claims of an emerging security community among states in that region. The proposal of an ASEAN security community at the Bali, Indonesia Summit of 2003 is described as the most recent step in regional efforts to coordinate settlements to political conflicts and present a united front against political violence. The contradiction between the ASEAN goal of regional integration and its diplomatic commitment to noninterference in domestic affairs is explored. The institutions taking shape under the mandate of a common security policy are explored.
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- 2008
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26. End States, Resource Allocation and NATO Strategy in Afghanistan.
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Roi, M. L. and Smolynec, G.
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AFGHAN War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,MILITARY strategy ,NATO Armed Forces - Abstract
This article compares Canadian and allied goals in Afghanistan during the military campaign against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in 2001-2002 with the objectives of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in subsequent years. The authors conclude that the limited aims in the initial campaign have been replaced by a set of more ambitious objectives. After considering force levels, resources committed to Afghanistan and the exigencies of the security situation, the authors conclude that Canadian and allied means have not been adequate to the ends sought. Despite significant progress in political reform and socio-economic improvements in many regions of the country, as of the end of 2007, allied strategy in Afghanistan may not viable without considerable increases in resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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27. A Legal History of International Reparations.
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Buxbaum, Richard M.
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CRIMINAL reparations ,LEGAL claims ,INTERNATIONAL law ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,POTSDAM Conference (1945) ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Discusses the history of international reparations in the early post-World War II period. Role of postwar claims against Germany in the evolution of traditional state-centered international law; Information on the concept of reparations in pre-World War II; Description of the wartime and postwar formulation of a reparations policy by the Allied forces. Outcome of the Potsdam Conference held in Germany on August 1, 1945.
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- 2005
28. Alliance Issues.
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Chanlett-Avery, Emma, Manyin, Mark E., Rinehart, Ian E., Nelson, Rebecca M., and Williams, Brock R.
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JAPAN-United States relations ,MILITARY relations ,NATIONAL security ,INTERNATIONAL alliances ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,BOUNDARY disputes ,CHINA-Korea relations - Abstract
The article discusses the U.S.-Japan alliance which provides a platform for U.S. military readiness in the Pacific with 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan in exchange for U.S. guarantee of Japan's security including its inclusion under the U.S. nuclear umbrella. Topics discussed include efforts of the U.S. and Japan to improve the alliance's operational capability as a combined force and Japan's concerns over security threats from North Korea and the territorial dispute with China.
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- 2014
29. 'Carts and horses'--strategy and arms control for a new Europe.
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McCausland, Jeffrey D.
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TREATIES ,COMBINED operations (Military science) - Abstract
Examines the provisions of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) adopted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Role of the Russian Federation in European affairs; Significance of Alliance strategies and CFE Treaty adjustments in security developments; Analysis of other NATO-related initiatives.
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- 1999
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30. Achieving Army-Marine Corps Logistic Interoperability.
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Houck, Dale E.
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LOGISTICS ,UNIFIED operations (Military science) ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,INFORMATION resources management - Abstract
The article reports on the Army-Marine Corps Logistics Interoperability Demonstration (AMLID) project by the U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency. It states that the project aims to enhance the future U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps logistics interoperability and readiness during combat operations that includes interagency and coalition partners. It notes that AMLID integrates service information systems and data to provide enhanced visibility of resources and requirements.
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- 2009
31. Defense Trade: Analysis of Support for Recent Initiatives: NSIAD-00-191.
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DEFENSE industries ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,COMBINED operations (Military science) ,MILITARY science - Abstract
The defense industry and foreign governments have expressed a high level of concern over the restrictions on cross-border defense trade. The Department of Defense (DOD) developed many initiatives to increase cooperation in the defense trade and improve relations with foreign countries. DOD, in developing its initiatives, relied on incomplete data and did not do the necessary analysis to determine the causes of the underlying problems that the new initiatives were supposed to resolve. It is unclear whether DOD's initiatives will: (1) improve the ability of U.S. and foreign forces to work together during wartime, and (2) reduce the gap in military capabilities between the United States and its allies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2000
32. Multinational Military Forces : Problems and Prospects
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Roger Palin and Roger Palin
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- International police, Multinational armed forces, Combined operations (Military science)
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First Published in 2005. Since the breaching of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent end of the Cold War, there has been a marked increase in attention paid to multinational military forces. Adelphi Paper 294 looks at the problems facing multinational forces and operations and the prospects for the future.
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- 1995
33. Coalition Leadership: Lessons Learned While Commanding A NATO Brigade in Afghanistan
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Creighton, James L. and Creighton, James L.
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- Command of troops, Combined operations (Military science), Afghan War, 2001-2021, Counterinsurgency, Security, International--International cooperation
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'United States involvement in wars and humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria since 1990 have all involved coalitions. In 2010-11, U.S. Army colonel James L. Creighton commanded a multinational North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) brigade consisting of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and civilians from nine different countries integrated into tactical formations down to the platoon level. This NATO brigade -Combined Team Uruzgan (CTU)- was responsible for defeating the Taliban insurgency in the provinces of Uruzgan and Daykundi, Afghanistan, and enabling the government of Afghanistan to build a stable society. In this book, leadership lessons resonate from the experiences and stories that the men and women of CTU shared during a year of counterinsurgency operations'--
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- 2024
34. Coalition Navies During the Korean War : Understanding Combined Naval Operations
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Ian Bowers and Ian Bowers
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- Combined operations (Military science), Korean War, 1950-1953--Naval operations, Naval tactics, Naval strategy
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This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part. Moreover, the naval war was not solely a U.S. operation. Smaller navies from many countries made important contributions both in supporting the United States and carrying out independent and combined naval operations. This subject holds special importance since current Western strategic thinking and capabilities emphasise the necessity of combined naval operations involving multiple navies in any potential future naval conflict. The example set by the Korean War therefore offers valuable insights into the operational and strategic problems, and benefits and opportunities of contemporary and future combined coalition naval operations.
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- 2024
35. Military Operations and the Notion of Control Under International Law : Liber Amicorum Terry D. Gill
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Rogier Bartels, Jeroen C. van den Boogaard, Paul A. L. Ducheine, Eric Pouw, Joop Voetelink, Rogier Bartels, Jeroen C. van den Boogaard, Paul A. L. Ducheine, Eric Pouw, and Joop Voetelink
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- War (International law), Intervention (International law), Combined operations (Military science)
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This book is a tribute to the work of Professor Terry Gill, offered to him by friends and colleagues who are also academics and/or practitioners in the field of International Law of Military Operations (ILMO).ILMO is a distinct sub-discipline within public international law and domestic public law, covering all domains of military operations: land, sea, air and (cyber)space. As such, ILMO includes elements of other branches of public international law, such as international humanitarian law, human rights law, the law on the use of force, the law of the sea, the law of State responsibility, arms control law and the law of international organisations. Importantly, as a hybrid field of law, ILMO covers the legal basis for military deployment both nationally and internationally, as well as the subsequent international legal regimes applicable to the forces (once deployed) and the domestic administrative and constitutional issues related to the relevant forces.Control is a central notion of ILMO and is the leading theme of this book. The contributions in this book reflect the variety of legal frameworks applicable to military operations and offer an insightful view into the various legal and factual roles of control. The legal notion of control is considered, inter alia, in relation to restraints in the decision to deploy military forces and the legal basis for doing so. The impact of control is also discussed in relation to State and command responsibility and in different situations, including during peace operations, occupation and other situations of armed conflict. Additionally, control is considered over the armed forces themselves, over detainees migrants at sea and over the type or scale of force used in military operations, through targeting rules or rules of engagement. Furthermore, the book contains several discussions of control in the case law of international courts, within arms control law, weapons law and in the context of autonomous weapons systems.The editors of the book are all practitioners, academically affiliated to the Faculty of Military Sciences (War Studies) of the Netherlands Defence Academy and/or the Law Faculty of the University of Amsterdam.
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- 2021
36. Airpower in the War Against ISIS
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Benjamin S Lambeth and Benjamin S Lambeth
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- Air power--United States--Case studies, Combined operations (Military science), Insurgency--Syria, Insurgency--Iraq, Operation Inherent Resolve, 2014---History
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Airpower in the War against ISIS chronicles the planning and conduct of Operation Inherent Resolve by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) from August 2014 to mid-2018, with a principal focus on the contributions of U.S. Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT). Benjamin S. Lambeth contends that the war's costly and excessive duration resulted from CENTCOM's inaccurate assessment of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), determining it was simply a resurrected Iraqi insurgency rather than recognizing it as the emerging proto-state that it actually was. This erroneous decision, Lambeth argues, saw the application of an inappropriate counterinsurgency strategy and use of rules of engagement that imposed needless restrictions on the most effective use of the precision air assets at CENTCOM's disposal. The author, through expert analysis of recent history, forcefully argues that CENTCOM erred badly by not using its ample air assets at the outset not merely for supporting Iraq's initially noncombat-ready ground troops but also in an independent and uncompromising strategic interdiction campaign against ISIS's most vital center-of-gravity targets in Syria from the effort's first moments onward.
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- 2021
37. Airpower Over Gallipoli, 1915-1916
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Sterling Michael Pavelec and Sterling Michael Pavelec
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- World War, 1914-1918--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula--Aerial operations, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Turkey--Gallipoli Peninsula, World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, Combined operations (Military science)
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Airpower Over Gallipoli, 1915–1916, focuses on the men and machines in the skies over the Gallipoli Peninsula, their contributions to the campaign, and the ultimate outcomes of the role of airpower in the early stages of World War I. Based on extensive archival research, Sterling Michael Pavelec recounts the exploits of the handful of aviators during the Gallipoli campaign. As the contest for the Dardanelles Straits and the Gallipoli Peninsula raged, three Allied seaplane tenders and three land-based squadrons (two UK and one French) flew and fought against two mixed German and Ottoman squadrons (one land-based, one seaplane), the elements, and the fledgling technology. The contest was marked by experimentation, bravado, and airborne carnage as the men and machines plied the air to gain a strategic advantage in the new medium. As roles developed and missions expanded, the airmen on both sides tried to gain an advantage over their enemies. The nine-month aerial contest did not determine the outcome of the Gallipoli campaign, but the bravery of the pilots and new tactics employed foreshadowed the importance of airpower in battles to come. This book tells the lost story of the aviators and machines that opened a new domain for modern joint warfare. The dashing, adventurous, and frequently insouciant air commanders were misunderstood, misused, and neglected at the time, but they played an important role in the campaign and set the stage for joint military operations into the future. Their efforts and courage paved the way for modern joint operations at the birth of airpower.
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- 2020
38. Tiger Papa Three : Memoir of a Combined Action Marine in Vietnam
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Edward F. Palm and Edward F. Palm
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- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American, Combined operations (Military science), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Regimental histories--United States
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The U.S. Marine Corps'Combined Action Program (CAP) in Vietnam was an enlightened gesture of strategic dissent. Recognizing that search-and-destroy operations were immoral and self-defeating and that the best hope for victory was'winning hearts and minds,'the Corps stationed squads of Marines, augmented by Navy corpsmen, in the countryside to train and patrol alongside village self-defense units called Popular Forces. Corporal Edward F. Palm became a combined-action Marine in 1967. His memoir recounts his experiences fighting with the South Vietnamese, his readjustment to life after the war, and the circumstances that prompted him to join the Corps in the first place. A one-time aspiring photojournalist, Palm includes photographs he took while serving, along with an epilogue describing what he and his former sergeant found during their 2002 return to Vietnam.
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- 2020
39. Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece : From Homer to Alexander the Great and His Successors
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Graham Wrightson and Graham Wrightson
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- Combined operations (Military science)
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Combined Arms Warfare in Ancient Greece examines the timelines of military developments that led from the hoplite-based armies of the ancient Greeks to the hugely successful and multi-faceted armies of Philip II, Alexander the Great, and his Successors. It concentrates on the introduction and development of individual units and their tactical coordination and use in battle in what is termed'combined arms': the effective integration of different unit types into one cohesive battle plan and army allowing each unit to focus on its strengths without having to worry about its weaknesses.This volume traces the development, and argues for the vital importance, of the use of combined arms in Greek warfare from the Archaic period onwards, especially concerning the Macedonian hegemony, through to its developmental completion in the form of fully'integrated warfare'at the battle of Ipsus in 301 BCE. It argues crucially that warfare should never be viewed in isolation in individual states, regions, conflicts or periods but taken as a collective whole tracing the mutual influence of other cultures and the successful innovations that always result.Wrightson analyses Greek and Macedonian warfare through the lens of modern military theoretical terminology, making this study accessible to those with a general interest in military history as well as those studying this specific period.
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- 2019
40. Allies That Count : Junior Partners in Coalition Warfare
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Olivier Schmitt and Olivier Schmitt
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- Coalitions, Combined operations (Military science), Military art and science
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What qualities make an ally useful in coalition warfare, and when is an ally more trouble than it's worth? Allies That Count analyzes the utility of junior partners in coalition warfare and reaches surprising conclusions. In this volume, Olivier Schmitt presents detailed case-study analysis of several US allies in the Gulf War, the Kosovo campaign, the Iraq War, and the war in Afghanistan. He also includes a broader comparative analysis of 204 junior partners in various interventions since the end of the Cold War. This analysis bridges a gap in previous studies about coalition warfare, while also contributing to policy debates about a recurring defense dilemma. Previous works about coalition warfare have focused on explaining how coalitions are formed, but little attention has been given to the issue of their effectiveness. Simultaneously, policy debates, have framed the issue of junior partners in multinational military operations in terms of a trade-off between the legitimacy that is allegedly gained from a large number of coalition states vs. the decrease in military effectiveness associated with the inherent difficulties of coalition warfare. Schmitt determines which political and military variables are more likely to create utility, and he challenges the conventional wisdom about the supposed benefit of having as many states as possible in a coalition. Allies That Count will be of interest to students and scholars of security studies and international relations as well as military practitioners and policymakers.
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- 2018
41. How Western Soldiers Fight : Organizational Routines in Multinational Missions
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Cornelius Friesendorf and Cornelius Friesendorf
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- Internal security--Government policy, Combined operations (Military science), Security, International--Western countries, Irregular warfare--Case studies, Strategic culture--Western countries, Intervention (International law)--Case studies
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In contemporary missions, soldiers often face unconventional opponents rather than enemy armies. How do Western soldiers deal with war criminals, rioters, or insurgents? What explains differences in behavior across military organizations in multinational missions? How does military conduct impact local populations? Comparing troops from the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy at three sites of intervention (Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan), this book shows that militaries in the field apply idiosyncratic organizational routines. Friesendorf uses the concept of routines to explain, for example, why US soldiers are trigger-happy, why British soldiers patrol on foot, and why German soldiers avoid risk. Despite convergence in military structures and practices, militaries continue to fight differently, often with much autonomy. This bottom-up perspective focuses on different routines at the level of operations and tactics, thus contributing to a better understanding of the implementation of military missions, and highlighting failures of Western militaries to protect civilians.
- Published
- 2018
42. Five Days From Defeat : How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War
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Walter Reid and Walter Reid
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- Combined operations (Military science), World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns
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A historian explores “with forensic precision” the dramatic turning point that changed the course of the Great War (The Scotsman). On March 21, 1918, Germany initiated one of the most ferocious offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on Allied positions in a series of attacks that caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces, and drove the British back toward the Channel ports. Five days later, as the German advance continued, one of the most dramatic summits of the war took place in Doullens. The outcome was to have extraordinary consequences. For the first time, an Allied supreme commander—the French General Foch—was appointed to command all the Allied armies, while the statesmen realized that unity of purpose rather than national interest was ultimately the key to success. Within a few months, a policy of defense became one of offense, paving the way for British success at Amiens and the series of unbroken British victories that led Germany to plead for armistice. Victory in November 1918 was a matter for celebration; excised from history was how close Britain came to ignominious defeat just eight months earlier.
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- 2017
43. Five Days From Defeat: March 1918 : How Britain Nearly Lost the First World War
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Reid, Walter and Reid, Walter
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- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, Combined operations (Military science)
- Abstract
On 21 March 1918 Germany initiated one of the most ferocious and offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on allied positions in a series of ferocious attacks which caused massive casualties, separated British and French forces and drove the British back towards the Channel ports. Five days later, as the German advance continued, one of the most dramatic summits of the war took place in Doullens. The outcome was to have extraordinary consequences. For the first time an allied supreme commander – the French General Foch – was appointed to command all the allied armies, while the statesmen realized that unity of purpose rather than national interest was ultimately the key to success. Within a few months a policy of defence became one of offence, and paved the way for British success at Amiens and the series of unbroken British victories that led Germany to plea for armistice.
- Published
- 2017
44. U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001–2014
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Linda Robinson, Patrick B. Johnston, Gillian S. Oak, Linda Robinson, Patrick B. Johnston, and Gillian S. Oak
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- Transnational crime--Prevention--International cooperation, Combined operations (Military science), Counterinsurgency--Philippines, Terrorism--Philippines--Prevention, Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2014
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This report examines the 14-year experience of U.S. special operations forces in the Philippines from 2001 through 2014 and the activities and effects of special operations capabilities employed to address terrorist threats in Operation Enduring Freedom—Philippines through training and equipping Philippine security forces, providing operational advice and assistance, and conducting civil–military and information operations.
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- 2016
45. Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy
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Zachary Alan Selden and Zachary Alan Selden
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- Combined operations (Military science), Geopolitics--Asia, Geopolitics--Europe, Eastern, Geopolitics--South America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security /
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Although US foreign policy was largely unpopular in the early 2000s, many nation-states, especially those bordering Russia and China, expanded their security cooperation with the United States. In Alignment, Alliance, and American Grand Strategy, Zachary Selden notes that the regional power of these two illiberal states prompt threatened neighboring states to align with the United States. Gestures of alignment include participation in major joint military exercises, involvement in US-led operations, the negotiation of agreements for US military bases, and efforts to join a US-led alliance. By contrast, Brazil is also a rising regional power, but as it is a democratic state, its neighbors have not sought greater alliance with the United States. Amid calls for retrenchment or restraint, Selden makes the case that a policy focused on maintaining American military preeminence and the demonstrated willingness to use force may be what sustains the cooperation of second-tier states, which in turn help to maintain US hegemony at a manageable cost.
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- 2016
46. Advancing U.S.-Australian Combined Amphibious Capabilities
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Maren Leed, J.D. McCreary, George Flynn, Maren Leed, J.D. McCreary, and George Flynn
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- United States. Marine Corps--Operational readine, Australia. Australian Defence Force--Operational, E´tats-Unis. Marine Corps--E´tat de pre´paration, Australia. Australian Defence Force, United States. Marine Corps, Amphibious assault ships--United States, Amphibious assault ships--Australia, Amphibious warfare, Combined operations (Military science), Ope´rations amphibies
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The study examines the demand for amphibious capabilities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and explores the strategic and operational utility of various models for combined U.S. and Australian amphibious forces. The demand for amphibious capabilities reflects the operational and strategic challenges faced by the U.S. Marine Corps and Australian Defense Forces. Both nations have indicated the importance of deepening their strategic partnership, yet there has been a lack of clarity around the desired outcomes for and priority among the variety of cooperative activities.
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- 2015
47. Eichelberger In Mindanao: Leadership In Joint Operations
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LTC Dan K. McNeill and LTC Dan K. McNeill
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- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines, Combined operations (Military science), Unified operations (Military science), Leadership
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General Robert L. Eichelberger was an extraordinary and brilliant leader. He was a selfless man who loyally and diligently served an egocentric task maker in General Douglas MacArthur. Eichelberger was the American version of the British Field Marshal William Slim of Burma fame. In a six-month period in World War II, Eichelberger's Eighth US Army made 52 amphibious landings in the Southwest Pacific Theater. In each of those operations, Eichelberger skillfully used US and Allied ground troops, naval forces, and aircraft. While his Army was normally assigned a supporting or mopping-up role, the Mindanao campaign was solely Eichelberger's. The purpose behind this study is to explore Eichelberger's leadership in the joint operations on, Mindanao Island in the Philippines.
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- 2015
48. Operation Market-Garden: Ultra Intelligence Ignored
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Major Joel Jeffson and Major Joel Jeffson
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- Combined operations (Military science), World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Netherlands, Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944
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Authors and historians have made the words Market-Garden and intelligence failure virtually synonymous. Is this really the case? Operation Market-Garden, the plan envisioned by Field Marshal Montgomery, would open the gate into Germany and simultaneously force General Eisenhower to abandon his broad-front strategy in favor of his narrow-front strategy. Executed on 17 September 1944, this operation became one of the greatest defeats suffered by the Allies during the Second World War. Until 1974, when the British Government declassified Ultra, no one beyond the producers and consumers of Ultra intelligence knew of its existence. With the program now declassified, it was learned that Ultra allowed Allied commanders an unprecedented capability to read high-level German messages that were thought to be unbreakable. The release of these documents now showed that senior Allied commanders knew that the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions were located on the corridor that the Allies planned to make their narrow-front thrust on. Despite this new information, numerous authors still continue to describe as an intelligence failure. While intelligence was not perfect in supporting this operation, it is not justifiable to say that Operation Market-Garden failed due to the intelligence system's failure to warn commanders of the threat to the operation.
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- 2015
49. Tailoring the Global Network for Real Burden Sharing at Sea
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Mark W. Lawrence and Mark W. Lawrence
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- United States. Navy, E´tats-Unis. Navy, Combined operations (Military science), Navies--International cooperation, Ope´rations combine´es (Science militaire), Marines de guerre--Coope´ration internationale, HISTORY / Military / Other, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
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The U.S. Navy's requirement to implement a longstanding rhetorical commitment to partnerships at sea was articulated in the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance, confirmed in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, and was most recently reiterated in the new Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready. As a means to offset the risks inherent in divesting some maritime presence requirements and being challenged to ensure operational access, however, the Navy's current efforts fall short of the requirement. As an unclassified, service-specific look at an increasingly important defense policy area, Tailoring the Global Network for Real Burden-Sharing at Sea looks at what the Navy can do from the bottom up to provide for deeper, more structured partnerships as part of a federated approach to defense.
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- 2015
50. In the Line of Fire - Peacekeeping in the Golan Heights
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Major Jeffery S. Bess and Major Jeffery S. Bess
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- Israel-Arab War, 1967--Syria, Military assistance, American--Israel, Peacekeeping forces--Golan Heights, Combined operations (Military science)
- Abstract
This monograph examines the considerations involved in maintaining a peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights. The examination is based on the assumption that Israel and Syria have reached an agreement concerning the Golan Heights and that the United States is going to establish a peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights.The monograph first examines the historical background of the area since the 1967 War. Based on this examination and on lessons learned from previous UN and other multinational peacekeeping operations, the monograph addresses national composition of the force, command of the peacekeeping force, and force structure. Next, based on the military and political aspects of the region, the monograph addresses the future peacekeeping force commander's concerns with military credibility, freedom of movement, and force protection.The study concludes with a summary evaluation of the necessary size and type of force for future peacekeeping in the Golan Heights. Based on the assumption and an analysis of the political and military considerations, future peacekeeping operations in the Golan Heights would require a MFO type force under the command and control of the United States. Due to the essential requirement for force protection due to the potential of pre-emption by either Israel or Syria and of terrorist attacks, a heavy brigade would be the most effective force in maintaining the peace while protecting the force.
- Published
- 2015
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