Cole, Ronald H.; Historical Division Joint Secretariat Joint Staff
This study traces the involvement of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff in the planning, direction, and execution of JUST CAUSE, the combat operations in Panama in December 1989. The study begins with development of...
Panama began its modern history as a semi-colonial appendage of the United States (US). Since gaining independence in 1903, Panama witnessed both elitist quasi-democratic governments and authoritarian populist governments. The oligarchic system in...
Operation JUST CAUSE was the final result of a two year effort to remove General Manuel Noriega, Commander of the Panama Defense Force (PDF) and de-facto ruler, from power after his indictment in the United States on drug-trafficking charges. The...
This monograph examines interagency (IA) coordination in executing US foreign policy. The analysis demonstrates that the current IA apparatus is flawed. The system is plagued by lack of oversight and authority to compel compliance. Examining the...
This study investigates what effect the evolution of urban combat from World War II to the present has had on current urban combat doctrine. Urban combat operations have played a pivotal role in the conflicts of the twentieth century, and will...
This paper will describe the significant events and experiences that shaped the Powell Doctrine and affected the manner in which General Colin Powell applied those principles during his tenure as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)...
This monograph examines the implications for planning and conducting strike operations to achieve preemption of threats within the fundamentally altered post-Cold War security environment. The underlying premise is that doctrine and tactics based...
This monograph establishes criteria for targeting enemy leadership during decapitation operations. It analyzes United States operations targeting strategic individuals over the course of the Twentieth Century. This discussion creates a list of...
The Panama invasion, codenamed Operation Just Cause, was the invasion of Panama in 1989 that deposed General Manuel Noriega, a dictator and de facto Panamanian military leader of Panama. In 1989, when he lost the national election to Guillermo...
Operation Just Cause was the result of a culmination of unethical practices by the Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, the most feared man in South America and in his own country of Panama. The US had to acknowledge that the man they dealt with,...
On 19 December 1989, the United States launched an invasion on a sovereign nation to end the dictatorship of Manuel Noriega. President Bush stated to the nation that there was four reasons why this invasion needed to take place. The reasons were to...
This study examines three manhunts from the United States Army’s past. The manhunts highlighted in this thesis are the Punitive Expedition to capture the Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa, Operation Just Cause to capture...
The studies on modern urban warfare are preoccupied with the tactical problems associated with urban combat. Since World War II, conflicts in the urban environment have given modern armies complex problems which seem insurmountable. The tactical...
This monograph investigates the use of command and control warfare(C2W) in forced entry operations. As part of the nation's force projection strategy, forced entry provides a unique capability in the support of multidimensional operations....
This monograph looks at the complexity, dynamic nature, and challenges associated with Command and Control ( C2) in Stability and Support Operations (SASO). Since its inception, the Army has been conducting SASO in both foreign and domestic...
This monograph examines the legacy that has been passed down from the personal recollections made by the Commanders-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command regarding planning and/or execution of full spectrum operations in Panama. The focus of this paper...
Dr. Millett offers a survey of U.S. military involvement in the training of indigenous security forces in the Philippines and the Caribbean Basin in the 20th century. Given the dramatic increase of these types of efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and...