In March 1947, the United States established an economic and military assistance program to bolster the nationalist Greek government against a communist insurgency. The Greek government suffered from a collapsed economy, deep social divisions, and...
The study of insurgency and counterinsurgency over the years provides a valuable tool for analysis in the current Global War on Terrorism. Failure to take into account and accurately assess political and military actions in such environments can...
The purpose of this study is to briefly describe the German campaign against the guerrillas in the Balkans during the period of the European Axis occupation, from the end of hostilities against Greece and Yugoslavia in April 1941 to the capture of...
In the past three decades, one country has stood out more than any other in opposing the United States' efforts in the Middle East: Iran. To counter Iranian influences in the Middle East, the United States has adopted a stance of containment...
This document lists the various provinces and is broken down by month and types of officials (i.e., chairman of village council, village chiefs, hamlet chiefs). It also contains the status of the village/hamlet administration through December 31,...
Throughout human history, people have migrated from one place to another across the globe. Since the creation of nation-states, the migration of people has been seen as emigrating from one country and immigrating to another. Immigration has...
Who was Reinhard Heydrich? He was probably the ablest Nazi ofthem all-a SS-General, a Police General, a Luftwaffe pilot, a linguist, a musician and a superb bureaucrat (Cowdery, Ray and Peter Vodenka. Reinhard Heydrich: Assassination!). Few know...
On 27th May 1942 two Czech Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs) displayed extraordinary courage when they assassinated Reinhardt Hedrick of the German Army. Hedrick was appointed as Administrator/Protector of Bohemia and Moravia by the German Government...
In July 1979, the Sandinista-led revolutionary junta pledged to the people of Nicaragua and the Organization of American States that it would fully respect human rights. The Sandinistas have systematically violated this pledge, trampling on the...
The process of providing humanitarian assistance to refugee situations is complex and fluid. It includes determining the legal status of the refugees, providing basic life sustaining needs, establishing safe-havens and camps, and seeking durable...
This thesis analyzes the counterinsurgency efforts of the second Batista regime of Cuba, 1952-1958, using the “Sword Model,” developed by Max G. Manwaring and John T. Fishel. The “Sword Model” is a paradigm developed to predict the...
The events of September 11, 2001 set in motion the Global War on Terror, which historically to this point in time had only had sporadic attempts to carry the fight back to the parties responsible for acts of terrorism. Once the Global War on Terror...
On the surface, the Battle of Hastings might appear to be just another conflict of many in the history of England to decide who would rule England. In a sense this is true. However, the final result was that, under William, more than under any...
This thesis is a case study of the 1923 Greco-Turkish population exchange and asserts the compulsory expulsion effectively prevented genocide of Orthodox Christians living in Asia Minor. To support this argument historical evidence leading up to...
This monograph determined that the tactical and strategic experience of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) since 1981 was relevant to the future operational environment of the U.S. Army. The IDF’s experiences are relevant because the Israeli Army...
In 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini's indirect approach ignited existing socio-economic conditions during the Iranian Revolution to topple the Shah. A similar indirect approach using psychological operations to target audiences through key vulnerabilities...
Since 2001, the capabilities of the Afghan state have been a priority on the world stage. The reign of Amir Abdur Rahman, who established the current state of Afghanistan, is critical in understanding the development of the current state, and the...
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, the United States has embarked upon many military operations that were not bound by the traditional framework of revolution or insurgency. States formerly held together by the political logic and financial...
As the year 2000 begins, the disintegration of Colombia in a situation of violence, political unrest, and economic upheaval is a very real threat to the national interests of the United States. It is critical that Washington’s concern for failed...