This monograph seeks to answer the question of how the nature of a war affects the following peacekeeping operation. The paper uses the war between Egypt and Israel in October 1973 and the United Nations Emergency Force II as a case study. The...
This monograph discusses the application of information operations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of peace missions ranging from peacekeeping to peace imposition. Using a variety of models and an examination of the components of...
The prosecution of war has always been tempered by constraints, both real and artificial. These constraints are described by Clausewitz as the factors which prevent the conduct of absolute war. These factors include moral and professional codes of...
The United Nations, in pursuit of conflict resolution, established numerous peacekeeping missions in the world. Some of these missions date back to as early as when the UN itself came into being. Military observers, as part of the effort, have...
Basic field manual, volume VII, military law, was published in three parts, as follows: part one- manual for courts-martial; part two- rules of land warfare; and part three- military aid to civil authorities. This document, part two, details basic...
This monograph examines the possible roles of air power in peacemaking operations. While the end of the Cold War has brought increased hope for peace and stability in the world, a rise in ethnic tensions and nationalist uprisings prevents...
The 1999 National Security Strategy (NSS) defines significantly different roles and priorities for the U.S. military. One of the very obvious roles is the use of the military as intervention forces to secure national interests. As military and...
This military manual covers the rules or laws of war by which the conduct of war is regulated by civilized nations. Included is armed forces qualifications, conduct of hostilities, prisoners, casualties, espionage, capitulation, military...
Limited war and its emphasis on the deliberate limitation of the objectives sought in a conflict differs sharply with its counterpart total war, which demands unlimited objectives. The distinction between these two forms of war can be traced...
This monograph examines whether or not mechanized forces should be included in today's peacekeeping operations. Traditional peacekeeping operations (pre- 1988) called for a force structure requiring large numbers of light infantry augmented by...
This monograph presents a theoretical study which identifies peacekeeping training requirements for a light infantry force at the platoon and squad levels. Two important assumptions made in this study are: (1) the Army will continue to train for...
The collective security environment has changed dramatically in recent years. Ethnic conflict, traditional rivalries and religious disputes have increased the scope and frequency of peace operations for military forces. Instability is now the...
This is a presentation of the salient factors that determine the position of neutral states and their subjects during war as authorized by international law. The author focuses on the rights and duties of neutrals, maritime war and neutral commerce...
Peacekeeping lessons. Peace enforcement operations. Colonel Charles H. Swannack Jr., US Army, and Lieutenant Colonel David R. Gray, US Army Assessing force protection risk. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel...
This purpose of this monograph is to discuss the roles and missions United States military forces will have to accomplish during operations to restore order. Operations to restore order are military operations designed to halt violence and restore...
History illustrates that genocide is a reoccurring phenomenon. A variety of indicators suggest that the potential for the US to deploy military forces to prevent or stop genocide or mass atrocity is increasing. Continued involvement in limited...
Consists of organization, orders, service of information, service of security, marches, combat, ammunition supply, subsistence, transportation, shelter, medical and sanitary service, and the instruction for government of armies of the United States...
Conflict is as old as humankind itself. Why man fights can be explained through culture and biology. With the fall of the Soviet empire in 1989, a global collective conscience has surfaced with regard to nations intervening in internal and...
These are a collection of prisoner of war documents with languages and translations in English, German, Italian, French, and Japanese. Topics include the convention between the U.S.A. and other powers- amelioration of the condition of the wounded...
This pamphlet is intended to serve as a supplement to FM 27-10, "The Law of Land Warfare", 18 July 1956. Both Geneva and Hague conventions are described as well as additional agreements.