My primary research question is: can social networks assist analysts fight terrorism? My secondary research questions are as follows. First, how does social networking create linkages? Second, how have social networks been used to solve small...
Since the end of the Cold War the British Army has been involved in crowd control operations outside the national boundaries of the United Kingdom. The recent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan have caused the traditional British approach of...
We all know that everyone lives their life in the present. We plan for and only worry about the future. However, history is the understanding of the past, to prepare for the future. For leaders military history plays an important role in the way we...
As the United States continues to fight the war on terror, the body count of U.S. Soldiers continues to increase. With the American public questioning the war, groups of anti-war activists started creating chaos at military funerals. Exploiting the...
Crane Brinton's analysis of popular revolutions offers the strategic and operational planner a valid model for checking the consistency of ends, ways and means, for campaign plans. As a planning tool, Brinton's model fills a gap in FM 100-20, which...
This paper explains that in order for a fractured society to forge a lasting, stable peace, it requires not only a holistic approach to amnesty, reintegration, and reconciliation (AR2) but also a balance of three critical dimensions within its...
What is the probability for renewed conflict in the Sinai region in light of Egypt's recent revolution? This monograph examines that question by analyzing Nasser's Free Officer revolution of the 1950s that led to 1956 Suez Crisis (Nasser era) and...
This study investigates the interwar periods following World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. During each period the Army message to Congress is explored. The study also examines downsizing effects on training, morale, and readiness. Post-Cold...
This volume is an abridgment of the official history of the Office of the Provost Marshal General; its purpose was to make immediately available an accurate account of the operations of the Provost Marshal General. Contents of this document include...
An Army Outgunned: Physics Demands a New Basic Combat Weapon. Joseph P. Avery, Ph.D.; Army, Marine Corps, and special operations forces M16s fire NATO 5.56x45 millimeter rounds over a half-century old. The services should adopt a more robust...
The pressure to make or meet mission goals is overwhelming and sometimes forces recruiters into ethical dilemmas, which could reduce the Army's combat effectiveness. In order to meet recruiting goals, the Army has methodically reduced the standards...
Today’s United States Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) are the most professional, disciplined, and educated Soldiers in the history of the modern Army. They can lead Soldiers in full spectrum operations anywhere in the world. These Noncommissioned...
In the military, it is said that rank has its privileges. But unspoken is the absolute necessity: rank also has its responsibilities. However, times have changed and so have rank and its privileges. Responsibilities seem to be piling up while...
The army needs to present the American people with a public relations campaign other than recruiting. The army must over whelm the public about Soldiers in war, and what the Soldier has accomplished. Let's air a commercial with Soldiers rebuilding...
Committing an Army Brigade Combat Team to the war on drugs is ill-advised and would have severe consequences. These ramifications include undermining the agencies already committed to the war on drugs and public opinion. A decision of this nature...
Thesis Statement: In Bosnia, the clear diplomatic goals allowed U.S. Soldiers to be successful as peacekeepers. In this text I will describe chronologically all the events that led to the war in Bosnia. Most of the people know that is difficult to...