Mars Unmasked: The Changing Face of Urban Operations
ResearchPublished 2000
ResearchPublished 2000
This monograph is a case study analysis of three recent urban operations. The three cases examined—Panama in 1989, Somalia in 1992–1993, and Chechnya in 1994–1996—capture the range of political constraints that military forces must operate under in urban environments.
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