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 February 11, 2011, Egypt entered a new epoch of its history. The Egyptian people supported by the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF) succeeded in toppling the 30-year rule of the former President Mubarak. Unlike the militaries of Syria, Libya, and...
Historians tend to agree that Ramon Magsaysay's leadership and his relationship with Edward Lansdale are two of the most important features of the Philippine governments campaign against the Huks from 1946-1954. Yet the nuances of his leadership...
War, diplomacy and economic sanctions are three cornerstones of strategy that have, in the past, successfully coerced rogue regimes to capitulate. However, it may be time to look beyond these persuasion techniques and develop a new method that can...
Seeing Red: Creating a Red-Team Capability for the Blue Force. Colonel Gregory Fontenot, U.S. Army, Retired; Red teaming, a structured process executed by trained and practiced team members, is uniquely suited to...
It was once said, if you fail to learn from history then you are doomed to repeat it (original
author unknown). The failure of The U.S. Government to maintain and continue Special Forces
small group insurgent teams from the American/Philippine War,...
On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign is the next volume in the US Army's series of studies focused on its operations in Iraq. The first volume, On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, showcased Army operations in the...
Causal claims are unavoidable in military affairs. However, causal claims are also insufficient when attempting to understand and intervene in complex environments. Hence, notions of conventional causality must be supplemented with an understanding...
As warfare continues to become more complex due to the advent and proliferation of new technology, blending of ethnic and cultural groups, population growth and urbanization, and tendency towards asymmetric warfare, commanders will have more...
Could the leadership changes resulting from Egypt's January 2011 Revolution uproot thirty years of security cooperation between the United States and Egypt? This monograph examines how the security cooperation, rooted in the Camp David Accords,...
The conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in an unparalleled level of cooperation between government agencies in spite of the fact that no codified congressional legislation has directed cooperation. Due to historical precedent and...
This monograph is an examination of the transition of the Iraqi Saddam Fedayeen militia into a guerilla organization in an attempt to draw out methods that might be used against the Niruyeh Moghavemat Basij (Mobilisation Resistance Force) militia...
The purpose for this monograph is straightforward: to provide tools for campaign planning and to assist planners in considering not only the traditional warfighting aspects of campaign planning but also all of the other actions that are necessary...
This monograph's purpose is to provide tools for campaign planning and to assist planners in considering all actions necessary for success in winning any type of war.
After toppling the regime of Saddam Hussein in a few weeks, the decisive operational maneuver victory was not enough to defeat the enemy’s will to fight. Instead of challenging US forces in a conventional military battle, the enemy has now sought...
A special edition of the Combined Arms Center research and publication index (January-December 2005) which contains information on the availability of research products and how to acquire them. Most of the research products listed in this index are...
A successful counterinsurgency operation is dependent on many different things; achieving cultural understanding, maintaining adequate troop levels, and public support for the operation. This is just three critical factors faced by American forces....
This paper critically discusses and analyzes the impact that a depth of knowledge of military history has on the success of present and future operations. Drawing from diverse scholarly and defense sources, the study focuses particular attention on...
Santos, Theodore L.; Ellies, Terence; Martin, Perry B.; Summerville, Perry
Thesis: The U.S. Strategic level leaders were responsible for the coalition victory during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm was an international cooperation of armed intervention that resulted in...