With the recent lightning swift combat successes of Operation Iraqi Freedom, there may be a tendency to view with awe the lethality of U.S. technology and training. Indeed, the U.S. military is unmatched in the raw combat power it is capable of unleashing in a conflict. This monograph, however, argues that the true strength of America's military might lies not in its hardware or high-tech equipment, but in its soldiers. Dr. Leonard Wong and his colleagues traveled to Iraq to see what motivated soldiers to continue in battle, to face extreme danger, and to risk their lives in accomplishing the mission. As a means of comparison, they began by interviewing Iraqi Regular Army prisoners of war to examine their combat motivation and unit dynamics. The researchers then interviewed U.S. combat troops fresh from the fields of battle to examine their views.

Why They Fight: Combat Motivation In The Iraq War

Education & Teaching

Institute, Strategic Studies

Kolditz, Thomas A.

Wong, Leonard

Millen, Raymond A.

Potter, Terrence M.

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Tweaking NATO: The Case for Integrated Multinational Divisions

Tweaking NATO: The case for integrated multinational divisions

Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College

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