Like many other multiethnic countries, Malaysia has seen a revival in Islamic fundamentalism in her Muslim populace since the seventies. The ongoing revival has led to pressures on the Malaysian government to establish an Islamic state in the...
On 10 -11 September 2003, the Center for the Study of Intelligence hosted a conference in Charlottesville, Virginia, to discuss the subject “Intelligence for a New Era in American Foreign Policy.” One of the recommendations from that...
The history of the Chechnya and that of the Sultanate of Patani, comprised by the southern Thai provinces of Narathiwat, Yala, and Pattani, share a religion, Islam, and a long history of insurgency against an ethnically and religiously dissimilar...
Since 1975 there have been considerable changes in Malaysia. Among these are the internal issues of fundamentalism and political bipolarism and external security problems associated with the emergence of a belligerent Vietnam supported by the...
This report discusses the Japanese administration of what was formerly British Malaya, excluding Sumatra. Territorial changes, political status, and military administration are highlighted.
Since the end of the Cold War, changing global dynamics have brought about important political, social and economic developments to Southeast Asia. Foreign relations between the Southeast Asian states have also improved, reducing intra-regional...
This thesis contends the debate on whether to embrace a population-centric or enemy-centric counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan detracts focus from building a balanced approach, customized for the human and political landscape in each area of...
Current Army doctrine lacks a security metrics paradigm similar to the infrastructure paradigm SWEAT-MSO. Because of this, commanders, staff, subordinates, other government leaders, and the media lack a simple and common set of terms to use when...
This paper clearly shows the immediate relevancy of historical study to current events. One of the most common criticisms of the U.S. plan to invade Iraq in 2003 is that too few troops were used. The argument often fails to satisfy anyone for there...
This is a document on the land and people of Thailand. It addresses boundaries and frontier disputes, as well as territorial divisions. Part II gives population statistics, information on immigration and emigration, and finally cultural...
With the recent claimed phased withdrawal of the Vietnamese occupation forces from Cambodia in September 1989, it may appear that ASEAN has at last attained what it had sought for at the UN for the last decade since the Vietnamese invasion in...
The basic material contained in this monograph was compiled and written in Japanese by former officers on duty in command and staff units within major units during periods of operations during World War II. This Japanese operational monograph has...
This document on the Philippines addresses geographical and social backgrounds of the country, with information describing the land (boundaries and frontier districts, and territorial divisions) and the people (population statistics, cultural...
The purpose of this study is to develop a more definitive doctrine for the conduct of populace and resources control activities by a ROAD infantry division assigned an internal defense mission. Internal defense is a term coined to supplant the...
This thesis examines the American, British, Dutch, and Australian (ABDA) coalition from its beginning to its end. Following initial Japanese advances and victories in December 1941 and January 1942, Allied forces formed the ABDA coalition as one...
A supplemental report covering observations, extraneous to the directive in July 1941 to investigate and report on the advisability and practicability of establishing a system of intelligence in the Far East.
Information contained in this Civil Affairs document includes the following topics: Japanese objectives, problems, and methods (problem of Thailand's independence); military controls (seizing and forms of control); political control (Japanese-Thai...
Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy.
This three part account of the war with Japan details the Japanese strategic offensive, the Allied reorganization, the Allied defensive-offensive, operations (7 August 1942 to 31 December 1943 and 1 January to 31 December 1944), the...
Discusses the strategy employed in the defeat of Japan. Gives an overview of the seeds of conflict and strategy and the pre-war policy . Also gives details regarding preparing for coalition warfare and the strategy of friendly neutrality, the first...