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Title

Soldiers in cities : military operations on urban terrain / edited by Michael C. Desch.

Publication

[Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2001]

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Additional Authors

• Desch, Michael C. (Michael Charles), 1960-
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Description

ix, 169 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

In the past half-century, the classic military conflict of armies maneuvering in the field has been replaced by conflicts that center on, rather than avoid, heavily populated areas. Modern military conflict more frequently is not just a fight to control villages or cities, but a variation on the timeless wish to control populations and the hearts of nations. The hardware and mass orientation of the levee en masse and industrial-age armies is being replaced by sophisticated terrorists, information warfare, and the politics of mass persuasion. These are reshaping the face of warfare. This book focuses on identifying the lessons of previous military operations--from combat to humanitarian operations--which will be useful to the U.S. military in the future in conducting operations in urban areas abroad and at home.

Subject

• Urban warfare
• Urban warfare > Case studies
• Street fighting (Military science)

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "October 2001."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Why MOUT now? / Michael C. Desch -- 2. Staling[r]ad and Berlin: fighting in urban terrain / Gerhard L. Weinberg -- 3. Military operations in urban environments: the case of Lebanon, 1982 / Dav Tamari -- 4. Lessons of the war in Chechnya, 1994-1996 / Anatol Lieven -- 5. The Battles of Saigon and Hue: Tet 1968 / James J. Wirtz -- 6. The Los Angeles Riots of 1992 / James D. Delk -- 7. Low-intensity operations in Northern Ireland / David Pearson -- 8. Military operations in an urban environment: Beirut, 1982-84 / Bernard E. Trainor -- 9. Emerging technologies and military operations in urban terrain / Gerald Yonas and Timothy Moy -- 10. Urban operations: social meaning, the urban built form, and economic function / Max Neiman -- 11. Urban operations: tactical realities and strategic ambiguities / Barry R. Posen.

ISBN

1584870621

OCLC

48447116

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library