Автор: Andrew J. Birtle
Издательство: Center of Military History United States Army
Год издания: 2006
Количество страниц: 588
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976, is the second installment in the two-volume study on the U.S. Army's experience in "small war" situations and the development of low-intensity conflict doctrine. As the U.S. government wrestles with tough questions on how to bring peace and stability to countries torn by internal strife, Andrew J. Birtle provides context for these concerns by describing how the United States attempted to suppress insurgencies and build nations during the Cold War. Employing a range of primary and secondary sources, Birtle explains how the Army in the 1950s and 1960s developed a dual strategy that combined military measures with political and socioeconomic reforms. On the military side, he states, doctrine advocated aggressive offensive operations, elaborate intelligence networks, and extensive security measures to drive the guerrillas away from inhabited areas and to secure the population from rebel influence and intimidation. On the civil side, Birtle continues, doctrine called for the implementation of measures to restore the norms of social and economic life; to establish efficient and popular government; and to redress, when possible, the causes of unrest. Birtle uses case studies of counterinsurgency wars in Greece, Korea, the Philippines, Latin America, and Vietnam to explore the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's approach to counterinsurgency. Although the United States' counterinsurgency record was mixed, Birtle shows that the precepts underpinning U.S. doctrine have remained surprisingly constant over the years. By furnishing an in-depth look at how the Army performed its counterinsurgency and nation-building responsibilities during a previous era of global instability, Birtle sheds some needed light on the work that must be done today and tomorrow.
Автор: Andrew J. Birtle
Издательство: Center of Military History United States Army
Год издания: 2009
Количество страниц: 334
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941, is the first of a two-volume study on the U.S. Army's experience in "small war" situations and the development of low-intensity conflict doctrine. Focusing on the suppression of insurgent or other irregular forces during overseas constabulary and contingency operations from the Civil War years up to America's entry into World War II, Andrew J. Birtle has filled an important omission in military historiography by writing about the underlying theories, concepts, and methods employed in the conduct of myriad unconventional missions with soldiers serving as governors, constables, judges, diplomats, explorers, colonizers, educators, administrators, and engineers. Even though official, codified, written doctrine for counterguerrilla, pacification, and nation-building activities prior to World War II has long been viewed as nonexistent, Birtle uncovers through his meticulous research an evidentiary thread of continuity in the Army's performance and thus maintains that some of the central principles governing such operations were indeed incorporated into official Army doctrinal literature. The events discussed unquestionably occurred long ago, but many of the issues raised by Birtle have enduring relevance for today's Army. People, places, and events may change, yet the fundamental questions involved in suppressing insurrections, fighting irregulars, administering civilian populations, and conducting foreign intervention remain surprisingly constant in this unpredictable world of ethnic tensions and turmoil. By studying how soldiers dealt with these complex issues in the past, Birtle's well-written account offers valuable insights to guide current and future soldiers when called upon to conduct similar operations.
Автор: Mitosz Rusiecki, Robert Senkowski
Издательство: Agencja Lotnicza Altair
Год издания: 1995
Количество страниц: 32
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Автор: U.S. Marine Corps
Издательство: U.S. Marine Corps
Год издания: 1991
Количество страниц: 526
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
This fascinating guide book is drawn not only from the experience of the Marine Corps but also that of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force and South Vietnamese armed forces. It provides detailed information on combating the guerrilla warfare tactics of the NLF, including extensive discussion and diagrams on tunnel warfare, the use of CS (tear) gas to clear them, interdiction of villages suspected of harboring guerrillas, and rear area patrolling. A particularly interesting section describes and illustrates the wide variety of NLF grenades and mines, many of them constructed from scrap or empty U.S. shell casings, which jeopardized American troops on land and water. It also provides detailed information on American military logistics, communications, and medicine at the unit level.
Автор: Philipp Elliot-Wright
Издательство: Osprey - Del Prado
Год издания: 1995
isbn: 8478385231
Количество страниц: 98
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Автор: La colectividad
Издательство: Planeta-Agostini
Год издания: 1986
isbn: 8475512925
Количество страниц: 23
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: испанский Enciclopedia de las Armas del Siglo XX. La amplia aparicion de los misiles superficie-aire pareció indicar durante muchos años que habia llegado el final del cañon antiaereo naval y terrestre. Sin embargo, la experiencia en las Malvinas de ataques aereos a gran escal demostro el valor del cañon, especialmente en una defensa equilibrada de cañones y misiles.
Автор: Krzysztof Barbarski, Terry Hadler
Издательство: RBA
Год издания: 2000
isbn: 8447316165
Количество страниц: 50
Язык: другой
Формат: PDF (scan)
Язык: испанский La primera unidad acorazada polaca en constituirse fue el I.er Regimiento de Carros de Combate del Ejército polaco en Francia. La organización se inició en Martigny-Ies-Bains el 22 de marzo de 1919, quedando el regimiento listo para la acción el I de mayo del mismo año. El elemento polaco de la unidad estaba originalmente compuesto por antiguos prisioneros de guerra alemanes y austro-húngaros de origen polaco, así como por un gran número de voluntarios del continente americano de ascendencia polaca. Tras el fin de las hostilidades en el invierno de 1920, los batallones del I.er Reg. de Carros fueron enviados a sus futuras guarniciones. Dicho regimiento estaba bajo las órdenes del Departamento de Infantería, considerándose los automóviles blindados como parte de las tropas con transporte motorizado. Los trenes blindados, por otra parte, pertenecían a los ingenieros ferroviarios, estando su entrenamiento supervisado por la artillería. Por una orden del Ministerio de Defensa, de fecha I S de mayo de 1930, las Fuerzas Acorazadas se convirtieron en un arma por derecho propio. El I de mayo de 1937, las Fuerzas Acorazadas polacas se reunieron en tres Grupos, formándose el 3.er Grupo el I de agosto de 1938. Aparte de los Grupos Acorazados anteriores, existían otras dos grandes formaciones acorazadas: la lo.a Brigada de Caballería y la Brigada Motorizada Varsovia si bien la segunda estaba en proceso de organización cuando estalló la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Автор: R. Blake Stevens, Edward C. Ezell
Издательство: Collector Grade Publications
Год издания: 1994
isbn: 0889351155
Количество страниц: 401
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Photoscan. A truly detailed account of the development of the M16 family of weapons. This book answers the who, what, when, why, and how going into detailed descriptions not only of the mechanics, but the politics, and personalities as well.
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