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Australian Foreign and Defense Policy in the Wake of the 1999/2000 East Timor Intervention

Examines key developments leading to the deployment of the International Peacekeeping Force for East Timor (INTERFET) and assesses the impact of this intervention on Canberra's future defense, security, and foreign policy planning.

Jan 1, 2001
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Special Operations Forces and Elusive Enemy Ground Targets: Lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War

Could special operations forces (SOF) lessons learned in Vietnam help it today's international conflicts?

Jan 1, 2001
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Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report

Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report

Jan 1, 1998
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Enhancing Air Power’s Contribution Against Light Infantry Targets

The objective of this effort was to explore the signatures and vulnerabilities of adversary light forces, to identify promising sensor and weapon technologies applicable to this target set, and to develop new concepts of operation (OPCONs).

Jan 1, 1996
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Psychological Effects of U.S. Air Operations in Four Wars, 1941-1991: Lessons for U.S. Commanders

This report examines ways to maximize the psychological impact of U.S. air power in future conflicts.

Jan 1, 1996
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Casualties and Consensus: The Historical Role of Casualties in Domestic Support for U.S. Military Operations

Most Americans do not want lives to be sacrificed for any but the most compelling and promising causes, and they rely on their leaders to illuminate just how compelling and promising these causes are.

Jan 1, 1996
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Snakes in the Eagle's Nest: Ground Attacks on Air Bases, 1940–1992

Shows that ground attacks on air bases have been much more frequent and successful than is commonly appreciated.

Jan 1, 1995
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Snakes in the Eagle's Nest: A History of Ground Attacks on Air Bases

This report presents a comprehensive overview of ground attacks on air bases from the first known attacks in 1940 to the most recent in 1992.

Jan 1, 1995
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Roles and Missions for Conventionally Armed Heavy Bombers: An Historical Perspective

In light of changes in the world situation and in available funds, the Air Force is assessing the roles and effectiveness of existing and planned aircraft.

Jan 1, 1994
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Airpower in U.S. Light Combat Operations

In seeking concepts to give light forces advantages over their adversaries akin to those enjoyed by heavy forces, the authors identify reconnaissance and combat as the most problematic aspects of light operations.

Jan 1, 1994
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Command and Control of Joint Air Operations: Some Lessons Learned from Four Case Studies of an Enduring Issue

Examines the achievement of the principle of unity of effort from a narrow focus on the command and control of U.S. joint tactical air operations in four campaigns (Midway, the Solomons, Korea, and Vietnam) from 1942 to 1968...

Jan 1, 1991
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China and Taiwan in 1987

This paper is adapted from essays written for the Britannica Book of the Year-1988. In it, the author reviews key political, economic, and foreign policy developments in China and Taiwan during 1987.

Jan 1, 1988
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The Arms Debate and the Third World: Have We Learned from Vietnam?

... considers the schools of thought into which the debaters (the

Jan 1, 1987
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Casualties, Public Opinion, and Presidential Policy During the Vietnam War

Examines the relationship between U.S. casualties and public support for U.S. military intervention in Korea and Vietnam, and concludes that a strong inverse relationship existed between the two.

Jan 1, 1985
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The Military Heritage of America: A Review of the 1984 Revised Edition

This paper is a review of the 1984 revised edition of Military Heritage of America by Ernest and Trevor Dupuy, first published in 1956.

Jan 1, 1984
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Modeling the Production and International Trade of Arms: An Economic Framework for Analyzing Policy Alternatives

Analyzes international arms transfers and indigenous arms production by embedding these activities in a framework of economic, diplomatic, and political incentives and constraints.

Jan 1, 1981
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Marksmanship, McNamara, and the M16 Rifle: Organizations, Analysis, and Weapons Acquisition

This essay explores the way in which large organizations adapt to innovation by focusing on the U.S. Army's purchase of the M16 rifle.

Jan 1, 1979
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Traditions and Patterns of Vietnamese History

This essay, written in 1968, views U.S. involvement in terms of Vietnamese history.

Jan 1, 1979
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The Fall of South Vietnam: Statements by Vietnamese Military and Civilian Leaders

A summary of extensive oral and written statements by twenty-seven former high-ranking South Vietnamese military officers and civilians on their perceptions of the causes of the collapse of South Vietnam in 1975.

Jan 1, 1978
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Counter-Insurgency, Vietnam 1962-1963

A description of the political and economic motivating forces in Vietnam, the strategic hamlet program, the government organization, and the U.S. advisory efforts.

Jan 1, 1978

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