Boots on the Ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations (Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper)

John J. McGrath

ISBN 10: 0160761999 / ISBN 13: 9780160761997

Editore: Department of the Army, 2006

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As new, no interior marks. Using five historical examples of contingency operations, the Philippine Insurrection, Post-WW II Germany and Austria, Post-WWII Japan, the Malayan Emergency (British), and the Balkans conflict, the author determines key factors that affect the decision of how many soldiers should be employed in a contingency operation. He looks at geography, population density, terrain, availability and location of non-indigenous forces, and availability of indigenous or substitute forces, i. E., local police or military, or contractors. The author also studies five large metro police departments from around the United States to identify those factors that affect how many police are deployed to provide law enforcement support to communities. Many post-conflict contingency operations are more law enforcement and peacekeeping than combat. Therefore, the analysis of municipal police departments provides an overlay of factors to be considered when police actions are a part of a contingency operation.¬?Finally, the author uses the identified set of factors based on historical examples to study the current conflict in Iraq.¬?The number of troops on the ground in Iraq has recently been a hotly debated issue as soldiers continue to fight the insurgency in that country. This analysis is pertinent to that current conflict. While this analysis is not the panacea for determining the number of soldiers that should be present for a contingency operation, it does provide a list of factors that military analysts and planners should consider as they make their decisions.¬?NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT. ¬?Significantly reduced price- Overstock List Price. Related products: On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005¬?is available here: ¬?https: //bookstore. Gpo. Gov/products/sku/008-000-00989-9Global War on Terror resources collection can be found here: ¬?https: //bookstore. Gpo. Gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/global-war-terror ¬?

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• Titolo: Boots on the Ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations (Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper)
• Editore: Department of the Army
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0160761999
• ISBN 13: 9780160761997
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: As New
• Peso: 1360 grammi

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Riassunto

This Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper (GWOT OP), by Dr. Lawrence Yates, provides his thoughts and analysis of the US Army’s participation in stability operations (SO) since 1789. Dr. Yates, a member of the CSI Team since 1981, has spent twenty plus years intensely studying this aspect of Army operations. Prior to his retirement in 2005, CSI asked him to put in writing his impressions formed by his research in this field. The result is this monograph. Dr. Yates makes several key arguments about the Army’s involvement in SO. Among the key points he makes is his contention that the Army has an institutional habit of forgetting the lesson learned about SO, when, after conducting a stability operation, it returns to conventional warfare preparation. He also point out, correctly, that the Army, which has participated in far more SO-type activities sine 1789 than it has conventional wars, has hitherto retained a mindset that stability operations are an anomaly rather than the norm in American military operations. It is our hope that this GWOT OP will be of great value in providing the military professional with a broad overview of the history of the US Army’s participation in stability operations, and at least one historian’s view on how well it performed. Some may disagree with Dr. Yates’ views on specific aspects of his analysis; that is well and good. If this GWOT OP stimulates a vigorous debate, Dr. Yates’ study will have achieved its purpose.~

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Boston native John McGrath has worked for the United States Army in one capacity or another since 1978. A retired Reserve officer, Mr. McGrath served in infantry, field artillery, and logistics units, both on active duty and as a reservist. Before coming to work at the Combat Studies Institute, he worked for four years at the US Army Center of Military History in Washington, DC, as a historian and archivist. Prior to that, Mr. McGrath worked full time for the Unites States Army Reserve in Massachusetts for more than 15 years, both as an active duty reservist and as a civilian military technician. He also served as a mobilized reservist in 1991 in Saudi Arabia with the 22d Support Command during Operation DEERT STORM as the command historian and in 1992 at the US Army Center of Military History as a research and writer. Mr. McGrath is a graduate of Boston College, holds an MA in history from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and is currently a PhD candidate at Kansas State University. He is the author of numerous articles and military history publications. He has published several books including “Theater Logistics in the Gulf War” published by the Army Materiel Command in 1994, “The Brigade: A History” published by the US Army Combat Studies Institute (CSI) in 2005; and “Crossing the Line of Departure,” also published by CSI in 2006. HE served as the general editor of the published proceedings from CSI’s 20054 Military History Symposium, “An Army at War: Change in the Midst of Conflict.” Aside from a general interest in things military and historical, his areas of particular interest include modern military operations, the German army in World War II, August 1914, and the Union Army in the Civil War. He also has a keen interest in ancient history, historical linguistics, the city of Boston, and baseball.