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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Main Author: Southard, John, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Utilisation publique.
United States. > Marine Corps > Civic action.
United States. > Marine Corps > History > Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Combined operations (Military science)
Civilian war relief.
Armed Forces > Civic action.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Operations combinees (Science militaire)
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Secours aux civils.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Civilian relief.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages).
ISBN:9780813145273

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