Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160869198
Category : Counterinsurgency
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A Masterpiece of Counterguerrilla Warfare: BG J. Franklin Bell in the Philippines, 1901-1902
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160869198
Category : Counterinsurgency
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A Masterpiece of Counterguerrilla Warfare: BG J. Franklin Bell in the Philippines, 1901-1902
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Over the ages military historians have employed many types of research and writing to understand, and ultimately learn from, the past. These methods range from studies of grand strategy to studies of small unit tactics to, most recently, studies of the history of war and society. This Occasional Paper takes a different approach, one whose origins are old and rather infrequently practiced today. This technique examines the inner thinking of a commander in an attempt to understand how he viewed the operation he was conducting. In reading BG James Franklin Bell's words today, it becomes clear that he displayed at least two of the key attributes that constitute Clausewitz's concept of military genius -- the inner light or vision that points a commander toward victory in the fog of war and the determination to act decisively in the face of danger. Mr. Ramsey, in his introduction, makes note of British Field Marshal Sir Archibald P. Wavell's endorsement of this kind of history: "The real way to get value out of the study of military history is to take particular situations, and as far as possible get inside the skin of the man who made a decision, realize the conditions in which the decision was made, and then see in what way you could have improved upon it." This quote captures the intent of this study. The collected messages and circulars issued by Bell to his subordinate commanders, and the text of the U.S. Army's famous General Orders 100 from which he drew that guidance, provide the means to accomplish what Clausewitz and Wavell urged us to do. This paper is a companion to Occasional Paper 24, "Savage Wars of Peace: Case Studies of Pacification in the Philippines, 1900 1902." In Paper 24 Ramsey analyzed case studies from two different Philippine military districts discovering several themes relevant to today's ongoing operations in the Long War. In Paper 25 he focuses on the philosophy that guided Bell in the conduct of one of those campaigns.
A Masterpiece of Counterguerrilla Warfare
Author: Robert D. RamseyPublisher: Defense Department
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
"In this companion piece to OP#24, Mr. Robert Ramsey focuses on BG J. Franklin Bell's operations in the Philippines from 1901-2. Along with a strong introduction, this work presents the collected messages and circulars issued by Bell to his subordinate commanders, as well as the text of the famous General Order 100. Together, these documents illustrate Bell's vision that pointed toward victory and his determination to act decisively."--Combat Studies Institute Press web site
Protecting, Isolating, and Controlling Behavior
Author: Mark E. BattjesPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780983722663
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Prairie Imperialists
Author: Katharine BjorkPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812251008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Spanish-American War marked the emergence of the United States as an imperial power. It was when the United States first landed troops overseas and established governments of occupation in the Philippines, Cuba, and other formerly Spanish colonies. But such actions to extend U.S. sovereignty abroad, argues Katharine Bjork, had a precedent in earlier relations with Native nations at home. In Prairie Imperialists, Bjork traces the arc of American expansion by showing how the Army's conquests of what its soldiers called "Indian Country" generated a repertoire of actions and understandings that structured encounters with the racial others of America's new island territories following the War of 1898. Prairie Imperialists follows the colonial careers of three Army officers from the domestic frontier to overseas posts in Cuba and the Philippines. The men profiled—Hugh Lenox Scott, Robert Lee Bullard, and John J. Pershing—internalized ways of behaving in Indian Country that shaped their approach to later colonial appointments abroad. Scott's ethnographic knowledge and experience with Native Americans were valorized as an asset for colonial service; Bullard and Pershing, who had commanded African American troops, were regarded as particularly suited for roles in the pacification and administration of colonial peoples overseas. After returning to the mainland, these three men played prominent roles in the "Punitive Expedition" President Woodrow Wilson sent across the southern border in 1916, during which Mexico figured as the next iteration of "Indian Country." With rich biographical detail and ambitious historical scope, Prairie Imperialists makes fundamental connections between American colonialism and the racial dimensions of domestic political and social life—during peacetime and while at war. Ultimately, Bjork contends, the concept of "Indian Country" has served as the guiding force of American imperial expansion and nation building for the past two and a half centuries and endures to this day.
Preparing for War
Author: J. P. ClarkPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674973100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The U.S. Army has always regarded preparing for war as its peacetime role, but how it fulfilled that duty has changed dramatically over time. J. P. Clark traces the evolution of the Army between the War of 1812 and World War I, showing how differing personal experiences of war and peace among successive generations of professional soldiers left their mark upon the Army and its ways. Nineteenth-century officers believed that generalship and battlefield command were more a matter of innate ability than anything institutions could teach. They saw no benefit in conceptual preparation beyond mastering technical skills like engineering and gunnery. Thus, preparations for war were largely confined to maintaining equipment and fortifications and instilling discipline in the enlisted ranks through parade ground drill. By World War I, however, Progressive Era concepts of professionalism had infiltrated the Army. Younger officers took for granted that war’s complexity required them to be trained to think and act alike—a notion that would have offended earlier generations. Preparing for War concludes by demonstrating how these new notions set the conditions for many of the successes—and some of the failures—of General Pershing’s American Expeditionary Forces.
Restorative Justice, Humanitarian Rhetorics, and Public Memories of Colonial Camp Cultures
Author: Marouf Hasian, Jr.Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137437111
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The concentrations camps that existed in the colonised world at the turn of the 20th Century are a vivid reminder of the atrocities committed by imperial powers on indigenous populations. This study explores British, American and Spanish camp cultures, analysing debates over their legitimacy and current discussions on retributive justice.
Jungle of Snakes
Author: James R. ArnoldPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608190943
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
A former CIA director presents a history of modern warfare that evaluates how the post-cold war era has been fraught by such challenges as terrorism, insurgency and guerilla tactics, in an account that also discusses America's struggles for civilian support and the nation's failure to learn from past mistakes throughout the occupation of Iraq. Reprint.
Indian Wars Everywhere
Author: Stefan AunePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520395409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
References to the Indian Wars, those conflicts that accompanied US continental expansion, suffuse American military history. From Black Hawk helicopters to the exclamation “Geronimo” used by paratroopers jumping from airplanes, words and images referring to Indians have been indelibly linked with warfare. In Indian Wars Everywhere, Stefan Aune shows how these resonances signal a deeper history, one in which the Indian Wars function as a shadow doctrine that influences US military violence. The United States’ formative acts of colonial violence persist in the actions, imaginations, and stories that have facilitated the spread of American empire, from the “savage wars” of the nineteenth century to the counterinsurgencies of the Global War on Terror. Ranging across centuries and continents, Indian Wars Everywhere considers what it means for the conquest of Native peoples to be deemed a success that can be used as a blueprint for modern warfare.
A Question of Command
Author: Mark MoyarPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300156014
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Moyar presents a wide-ranging history of counterinsurgency which draws on the historical record and interviews with hundreds of counterinsurgency veterans. He identifies the ten critical attributes of counterinsurgency leadership and reveals why these attributes have been more prevalent in some organizations than others.