Defend and befriend : the U.S. Marine Corps and Combined Action Platoons in Vietnam /

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After relatively successful military interventions in Iraq in 1992 and Yugoslavia in 1998, many American strategists believed that airpower and remote technology were the future of U.S. military action. But America's most recent wars in the Middle East have reinforced the importance of counteri...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Southard, John, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Temas:
United States. > Marine Corps > History > Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States. > Marine Corps > Civic action.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Utilisation publique.
United States. > Marine Corps.
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Civilian relief.
Combined operations (Military science)
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Secours aux civils.
Opérations combinées (Science militaire)
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
Armed Forces > Civic action.
Civilian war relief.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:After relatively successful military interventions in Iraq in 1992 and Yugoslavia in 1998, many American strategists believed that airpower and remote technology were the future of U.S. military action. But America's most recent wars in the Middle East have reinforced the importance of counterinsurgency, with its imperative to ""win hearts and minds"" on the ground in foreign lands. In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has studied and experimented with the combined action platoon (CAP) concept used from 1965 to 1971 by the Marine Corps in Vietnam. Consisting of twelve Marines, a medi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813145273
0813145279
9780813145280
0813145287

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