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Release : 1989
Genre : Military art and science
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Author : Alfred H. Paddock, Jr.
Release : 2002-04
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Book Synopsis U.S. Army Special Warfare, Its Origins by : Alfred H. Paddock, Jr.
Download or read book U.S. Army Special Warfare, Its Origins written by Alfred H. Paddock, Jr.. This book was released on 2002-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Paddock traces the origins of Army special warfare from 1941 to 1952, the year the Armys special warfare center was established. While the Army had experience in psychological warfare, the major recent U. S. experience in unconventional warfare had been in the Office of Strategic Services, a civilian agency, during World War II. Many army leaders, trained and experienced in conventional warfare, hesitantly accepted psychological warfare as a legitimate weapon in the Armys wartime arsenal, but questioned the validity and appropriateness of the Armys adoption of unconventional operations. The continuing tensions of the cold war and hostilities in Korea resolved the ambivalence in favor of coordinating in a single operation the techniques of both types of warfare. Colonel Paddocks extensively documented work traces a portion of a brief episode in our Nations military hisotyr, but an instructive one. For the historian and military scholar, it provides the necessary backdrop for understanding the subsequent evolution of the Armys special warefare capability. For the national security policymaker, it suggests the value of the innovative impulse and the need for receptivity to new ideas and adaptability to change. John S. Pustay Lieutenant General, United States Air Force President, National Defense University
Author : Thomas K. Adams
Release : 1998
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis US Special Operations Forces in Action by : Thomas K. Adams
Download or read book US Special Operations Forces in Action written by Thomas K. Adams. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work argues for a shift in expectations for "unconventional warfare" with a greater willingness to accept lengthy commitments and incremental progress.
Author : Samuel A. Southworth
Release : 2009-07-21
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis U.S. Special Warfare by : Samuel A. Southworth
Download or read book U.S. Special Warfare written by Samuel A. Southworth. This book was released on 2009-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many centuries, the job of everyday soldiers, the "grunts," was the same-"see the hill, take the hill." But the combat role of today's U.S. soldier has undergone a radical change. The recent revolution in the art of soldiering in America emphasizes a smaller, but more highly specialized and technologically equipped, armed force. Now, even everyday soldiers in America's armed forces specialize in elite combat skills that use the very latest high-tech equipment.After basic training, many of today's recruits continue advanced training in one of the new emerging combat specialties, such as urban, mountain and arctic warfare; amphibious, underwater and small boat operations; modern cavalry combat; sniping; military intelligence and psychological warfare; search and rescue procedures, and combat engineering.In lively and entertaining prose, military historian Sam Southworth describes these emerging combat specialties-as well as the training and equipment for each-that characterize America's fighting force today.
Author : Alfred H. Paddock
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis U.S. Army Special Warfare by : Alfred H. Paddock
Download or read book U.S. Army Special Warfare written by Alfred H. Paddock. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paddock also includes new sections on American psychological warfare in the Pacific, the Army Rangers, the 1st Special Service Force, and American-led guerrillas in the Philippines."--BOOK JACKET.
