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Conference Conference of Army Historians (16th : 2007)

Title The U.S. Army and irregular warfare, 1775-2007 : selected papers from the 2007 Conference of Army Historians / edited by Richard G. Davis.

Imprint Washington, DC : Center of Military History/United States Army : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.], 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs  D 114.2:AR 5/5    ---  Available
Description v, 252 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Series CMH Pub ; 70-111-1
CMH pub ; 70-111-1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Foreword -- US Army And Irregular Warfare, 1775-2007 -- Introduction -- Part 1: Non-American Counterinsurgency Operations -- Roar of lions: the asymmetric campaigns of Muhammad, / Russell G Rodgers -- Southern (dis)comfort: British phase IV operations in South Carolina and Georgia, May-September 1780 / Steven J Rauch -- When freedom wore a red coat: how Cornwallis' 1781 Virginia campaign threatened the revolution in Virginia / Gregory J W Urwin -- Learning the good and the bad: Canadian exposure to British small war doctrine in South Africa, 1900-1901 / Chris Madsen -- Blindness and contingencies: Italian failure in Ethiopia (1936-1940) / Richard Carrier -- Roots of Dutch counterinsurgency: balancing and integrating military and civilian efforts from Aceh to Uruzgan / Thijis W Brocades Zaalberg -- Part 2: Special Aspects Of Irregular Warfare -- History of military commissions in the US army: from the Mexican-American war to the war on terrorism / Frederic L Borch -- Intimidation, provocation, conspiracy, and intrigue: the militias of Kentucky, 1859-1861 / John A Boyd -- Spoliation of defenseless farmers and villagers: the long-term effects of John Hunt Morgan's raid on an Indiana community / Stephen I Rockenbach -- Irregular engineers: the use of indigenous labor in the rebuilding of critical infrastructure during the Korean war, 1950-1953 /Eric A Sibul -- Part 3: US Counterinsurgency Operations -- Victorio campaign: hunting down an elusive enemy / Kendall D Gott -- Without the need of a single American rifleman: James Van Fleet and his lessons learned as commander of the joint United States military advisory and planning group during the Greek Civil war, 1948-1948 / Robert M Mages -- Chasing a Chameleon: the US army counterinsurgency experience in Korea, 1945-1952 / Mark J Reardon -- Lessons learned and relearned: gun trucks on Route 19 in Vietnam / Ted Ballard -- Some observations on Americans advising indigenous forces / Robert D Ramsey III -- Contributors.
Summary From U.S. Government Bookstore Website: Presents fifteen papers from the 2007 Conference of Army Historians. Examines irregular warfare in a wide and diverse range of circumstances and eras.
Subject Special forces (Military science) -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
Counterinsurgency -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
Guerrilla warfare -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
Added Author Davis, Richard G.
Added Title Selected papers from the 2007 Conference of Army Historians
Other Form: Online version: Conference of Army Historians (16th : 2007). U.S. Army and irregular warfare, 1775-2007. 1 online resource (v, 252 p.) (OCoLC)696126560
ISBN 9780160812330 (pbk.)
016081233X (pbk.)
Standard No. AU@ 000043155447
NLGGC 329799134
Gpo Item No. 0344
Sudoc No. D 114.2:AR 5/5

 
    
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