NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941, is the first of a two-volume study on the U.S. Army's experience in "small war" situations and the development of low-intensity conflict doctrine. Focusing on the suppression of insurgent or other irregular forces during overseas constabulary and contingency operations from the Civil War years up to America's entry into World War II, Andrew J. Birtle has filled an important omission in military historiography by writing about the underlying theories, concepts, and methods employed in the conduct of myriad unconventional missions with soldiers serving as governors, constables, judges, diplomats, explorers, colonizers, educators, administrators, and engineers. Even though official, codified, written doctrine for counterguerrilla, pacification, and nation-building activities prior to World War II has long been viewed as nonexistent, Birtle uncovers through his meticulous research an evidentiary thread of continuity in the Army's performance and thus maintains that some of the central principles governing such operations were indeed incorporated into official Army doctrinal literature. The events discussed unquestionably occurred long ago, but many of the issues raised by Birtle have enduring relevance for today's Army. People, places, and events may change, yet the fundamental questions involved in suppressing insurrections, fighting irregulars, administering civilian populations, and conducting foreign intervention remain surprisingly constant in this unpredictable world of ethnic tensions and turmoil. By studying how soldiers dealt with these complex issues in the past, Birtle's well-written account offers valuable insights to guide current and future soldiers when called upon to conduct similar operations. Miliatary starategists, historians, and civilians interested in America's early history may find this resource appealing and offer a better understanding of Army doctrine from a historical perspective.  Related products:Mexican Expedition, 1916-1917 is available here:  https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00600-6Commerce Raiding is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-046-00282-7From Transformation to Combat: The First Stryker Brigade at War can be purchased here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00459-3United States Army in World War II, War in the Pacific, Triumph in the Philippines --Print Paperback format -- is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00503-4Other products produced by the U.S. Army, Center of Military History can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/1061

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941 (Paperbound) (Center of Military History Publication)

History

Birtle, Andrew J.

Military

Department of the Army

<p>Examines the nature of counterinsurgency and nation-building missions, the institutional obstacles inherent in dealing effectively with such operations, and the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. doctrine, including the problems that can occur when that doctrine morphs into dogma.</p>

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976

Center of Military History, U.S. Army

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976, is the second installment in the two-volume study on the U.S. Army's experience in "small war" situations and the development of low-intensity conflict doctrine. As the U.S. government wrestles with tough questions on how to bring peace and stability to countries torn by internal strife, Andrew J. Birtle provides context for these concerns by describing how the United States attempted to suppress insurgencies and build nations during the Cold War. Employing a range of primary and secondary sources, Birtle explains how the Army in the 1950s and 1960s developed a dual strategy that combined military measures with political and socioeconomic reforms. On the military side, he states, doctrine advocated aggressive offensive operations, elaborate intelligence networks, and extensive security measures to drive the guerrillas away from inhabited areas and to secure the population from rebel influence and intimidation. On the civil side, Birtle continues, doctrine called for the implementation of measures to restore the norms of social and economic life; to establish efficient and popular government; and to redress, when possible, the causes of unrest. Birtle uses case studies of counterinsurgency wars in Greece, Korea, the Philippines, Latin America, and Vietnam to explore the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's approach to counterinsurgency. Although the United States' counterinsurgency record was mixed, Birtle shows that the precepts underpinning U.S. doctrine have remained surprisingly constant over the years. By furnishing an in-depth look at how the Army performed its counterinsurgency and nation-building responsibilities during a previous era of global instability, Birtle sheds some needed light on the work that must be done today and tomorrow.

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976 (Clothbound)

Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941

Center of Military History United States Army

Rearming The Phoenix (Modern American History)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Garland Science

<p>The Drawdown, 1970-1971 tells the story of how the U.S. Army executed a fighting withdrawal from Vietnam in 1970 and 1971. It examines the strain soldiers experienced from fighting an unpopular war that, for America at least, was gradually winding down. Included in the story are the incursions into Cambodia in 1970 and Laos in 1971, as well as many engagements inside South Vietnam. By December 1971 the United States still had 157,000 military personnel in South Vietnam, but only 12,000 of them were combat infantrymen. The United States would remain at war for more than a year, but the days of offensive ground operations by the U.S. Army had come to an end.</p>

The Drawdown 1970–1971

Maass, John R.

Independently published

BiblioGov

World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose. Highly relevant today, World War II has much to teach us, not only about the profession of arms, but also about military preparedness, global strategy, and combined operations in the coalition war against fascism. During the next several years, the U.S. Army will participate in the nation’s 50th anniversary commemoration of World War II. The commemoration will include the publication of various materials to help educate Americans about that war. The works produced will provide great opportunities to learn about and renew pride in an Army that fought so magnificently in what has been called “the mighty endeavor.” World War II was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years. The following essay is one of a series of campaign studies highlighting those struggles that, with their accompanying suggestions for further reading, are designed to introduce you to one of the Army’s significant military feats from that war.

Sicily: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Korean War was the first major armed clash between Free World and Communist forces, as the so-called Cold War turned hot. The half-century that now separates us from that conflict, however, has dimmed our collective memory. Many Korean War veterans have considered themselves forgotten, their place in history sandwiched between the sheer size of World War II and the fierce controversies of the Vietnam War. The recently built Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall and the upcoming fiftieth anniversary commemorative events should now provide well-deserved recognition. The Korean War still has much to teach us: about military preparedness, about global strategy, about combined operations in a military alliance facing blatant aggression, and about the courage and perseverance of the individual soldier. The modern world still lives with the consequences of a divided Korea and with a militarily strong, economically weak, and unpredictable North Korea. The Korean War was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over and near the Korean peninsula. It lasted three years, the first of which was a seesaw struggle for control of the peninsula, followed by two years of positional warfare as a backdrop to extended cease-fire negotiations. The following is one of five accessible and readable studies designed to enhance understanding of the U.S. Army’s role and achievements in the Korean conflict.

The Korean War: Years of Stalemate (U.S. Army in the Korean War)

With FULL COLOR maps and illustrations. United States Army Center of Military History publication CMH Pub 70-98-1. Examines the nature of counterinsurgency and nation-building missions, the institutional obstacles inherent in dealing effectively with such operations, and the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. doctrine, including the problems that can occur when that doctrine morphs into dogma.

United States Department of the Army

CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY

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U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941 (Paperbound) (Center of Military History Publication)

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976 (Clothbound)

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1860-1941

Rearming The Phoenix (Modern American History)

The Drawdown 1970–1971

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976

Sicily: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II

The Korean War: Years of Stalemate (U.S. Army in the Korean War)

U.S. Army Counterinsurgency and Contingency Operations Doctrine, 1942-1976