Boots On The Ground Troop Density In Contingency Operations

Author : John J. McGrath
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160869501
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boots on the ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations written by John J. McGrath and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 is no standard against which to judge. A figure of 20 troops per 1000 of the local population is often mentioned as the standard, but as McGrath shows, that figure was arrived at with some questionable assumptions. By analyzing seven military operations from the last 100 years, he arrives at an average number of military forces per 1000 of the population that have been employed in what would generally be considered successful military campaigns. He also points out a variety of important factors affecting those numbers-from geography to local forces employed to supplement soldiers on the battlefield, to the use of contractors-among others.

Author : John J. Mcgrath
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781478160182
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Boots on the Ground: Troop Density in Contingency Operations written by John J. Mcgrath and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper (GWOT OP), by Dr. Lawrence Yates, provides his thoughts and analysis of the US Army's participation in stability operations (SO) since 1789. Dr. Yates, a member of the CSI Team since 1981, has spent twenty plus years intensely studying this aspect of Army operations. Prior to his retirement in 2005, CSI asked him to put in writing his impressions formed by his research in this field. The result is this monograph. Dr. Yates makes several key arguments about the Army's involvement in SO. Among the key points he makes is his contention that the Army has an institutional habit of forgetting the lesson learned about SO, when, after conducting a stability operation, it returns to conventional warfare preparation. He also point out, correctly, that the Army, which has participated in far more SO-type activities sine 1789 than it has conventional wars, has hitherto retained a mindset that stability operations are an anomaly rather than the norm in American military operations. It is our hope that this GWOT OP will be of great value in providing the military professional with a broad overview of the history of the US Army's participation in stability operations, and at least one historian's view on how well it performed. Some may disagree with Dr. Yates' views on specific aspects of his analysis; that is well and good. If this GWOT OP stimulates a vigorous debate, Dr. Yates' study will have achieved its purpose.~

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Total Pages : 712 pages
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Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160872433
Total Pages : 720 pages
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Download or read book On point II : transition to the new campaign: the United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005 written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John J. Mcgrath
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105056155
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other End of the Spear written by John J. Mcgrath and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at several troop categories based on primary function and analyzes the ratio between these categories to develop a general historical ratio. This ratio is called the Tooth-to-Tail Ratio. McGrath's study finds that this ratio, among types of deployed US forces, has steadily declined since World War II, just as the nature of warfare itself has changed. At the same time, the percentage of deployed forces devoted to logistics functions and to base and life support functions have increased, especially with the advent of the large-scale of use of civilian contractors. This work provides a unique analysis of the size and composition of military forces as found in historical patterns. Extensively illustrated with charts, diagrams, and tables. (Originally published by the Combat Studies Institute Press)

Author : Patrick Blannin
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004354069
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defence Diplomacy in the Long War written by Patrick Blannin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defence diplomacy enhances the diplomatic and security capacity of a state, providing the only link between executive office and the ministries of foreign affairs and defence, three vital institutions in the Long War. Using a case study of US defence diplomacy in Afghanistan from 2001-2014, the paper argues simply that the practice of defence diplomacy far outweighs current theories on what it is, how it works and why it matters?

Author : Ben Connable
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833049836
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Insurgencies End written by Ben Connable and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RAND studied 89 modern insurgency cases to test conventional understanding about how insurgencies end. Findings relevant to policymakers and analysts include that modern insurgencies last about ten years; withdrawal of state support cripples insurgencies; civil defense forces are useful for both sides; pseudodemocracies fare poorly against insurgents; and governments win more often in the long run.

Author : John J. McGrath
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book Boots on the Ground written by John J. McGrath and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT. Significantly reduced price- Overstock List Price. Global War on Terrorism Occasional Paper 16. Provides a concise historical study of the numbers of troops needed in contingency operations.Discusses past military operations, including the Philippines, 1899-1901, post-World War II Germany and Japan, the Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, the Balkans in the 1990s, and Iraq, 2003-2005. Also discusses troop density of several United States city police departments. Related products: On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-00989-9 Global War on Terror resources collection can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/global-war-terror Other products produced by the U.S. Army, Combat Studies Institute can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1063"

Author : John J. McGrath
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782894926
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Between The Rivers: Combat Action In Iraq, 2003-2005 [Illustrated Edition] written by John J. McGrath and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes nine maps and one photo illustration Following World War II, the War Department Historical Division in 1946 published Small Unit Actions, the study of some discrete battles drawn from three different theaters of war...Nearly 20 years later, toward the end of American combat in Vietnam, the Office of the Chief of Military History again essayed to address small-unit actions with the publication of Seven Firefights in Vietnam. The present volume lies directly within the tradition of these predecessor works on small-unit actions. Since the fall of 2001, the U.S. Army, along with the other American armed services, has been engaged in military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because the current conflict has so many different fronts and facets, no handful of small-unit case studies could do justice to such a complex tapestry of events. This book thus represents a volume that showcases the American soldier in combat operations within the context of the Global War on Terrorism/The Long War. This series of five case studies is drawn from events in Iraq. Four of the studies discuss combat operations within a counterinsurgency framework at the company and battalion levels. The final case study presents a deployment dilemma facing a brigade-level task force commander when he was asked to replace a whole division in the same geographical space. In each case, the story is derived from oral interviews and key documents and is fully annotated. The primary purpose for presenting these vignettes is to provide a vicarious education in what future participants will face as the War on Terrorism continues and beyond.

Author : Bruce Pirnie
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833042971
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) written by Bruce Pirnie and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interagency process -- Host-nation governance -- Funding mechanisms -- Counterinsurgency as a mission -- Protection of the indigenous population -- Personnel policy -- U.S. Army special forces -- Partnership with indigenous forces -- Policing functions -- Brigade organization -- Gunship-like capability -- Intelligence collection and sharing.