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The Blood Of Abraham, “Intifada, Uprising & Lessons In Asymmetrical Warfare”

By: Major David A. Brown

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The Blood Of Abraham, “Intifada, Uprising & Lessons In Asymmetrical Warfare”

By: Major David A. Brown

A historical case study concerning the Israeli Army’s response to the Palestinian “Intifada” or uprising in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s provides instructive planning considerations for likely future application of U.S. military force in an asymmetrical threat environment. The monograph specifically analyzes the time period from the beginning of the uprising until the handshake of Rabin and Arafat on the White House lawn September 13th, 1993. Although the theoretical application of the case study is speculative of future environments, this paper attempts to link available historical data to anticipated trends in the international security environment and emerging concepts of operational art. The argument surrounding asymmetrical types of warfare leads into a discussion of the application of IDF lessons learned that may be applied to future U.S. military scenarios.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786252759

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9781786252753

Airpower And The Cult Of The Offensive

By: Major John R. Carter

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Airpower And The Cult Of The Offensive

By: Major John R. Carter

The belief that airpower is inherently offensive is a recurrent theme throughout airpower theory and doctrine. Before World War I, dogmatic belief in the dominance of the offense in land warfare affected the military decisions which resulted in the disaster of the trenches. Termed the “cult of the offensive” by scholars, faith in offense became so unshakable in pre-1914 Europe that military organizations dismissed as irrelevant the numerous indications of the waning power of the offense as technological developments strengthened the defense. With airpower’s professed inclination for offense, could a cult of the offensive perniciously trap airpower doctrine and lead to similarly disastrous consequences? The study begins by establishing the theoretical background necessary for case study analysis. Airpower defense is defined as those operations conducted to deny another force’s air operations in a designated airspace. Airpower offenses are those operations in the airspace defended by another, or operations conducted outside of one’s actively defended airspace. The relationship between offense and defense is dissected to discover that airpower defense enjoys neither an advantage of position nor of time, so traditional Clausewitzian views relative to the power of the defense do not apply to airpower. Next, the study describes those factors which may inject, or reinforce, a preferential bias for offense into airpower strategy and doctrine. A cult of the offensive is defined as an organizational belief in the power of offense so compelling that the military organization no longer evaluates its offensive doctrine objectively. This leads to an examination of the ramifications postulated to result from offensive ideology.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786252767

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9781786252760

What Lessons Can Be Drawn From U.S. Riverine Operations During The Vietnam War

As The U.S. Navy Moves Into The Twenty-First Century?

By: Major David J. Spangler

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What Lessons Can Be Drawn From U.S. Riverine Operations During The Vietnam War

As The U.S. Navy Moves Into The Twenty-First Century?

By: Major David J. Spangler

This study examines U.S. riverine force operations in the Vietnam War to determine why the force was established, how and why it evolved, and what significance it held for the war as a whole. This study begins with Operation Game Warden, continues through Mobile Riverine Force operations, and ends with the completion of the SEALORDS campaign. The impetus for this research arose from the current debate in Washington as to whether or not the U.S. military has a real need for riverine forces and if those forces should be "stood up" today. Looking back through history gives an opportunity to view past riverine warfare conducted by the American military and determine the contributions such operations have made to the overall conduct of wars. This study shows that riverine operations have been crucial to success in certain environments in the past and points to their possible use in similar environments today. This study measures the effect of U.S. riverine operations in Vietnam and evaluates the contribution this type of force made to our war effort in that environment. This study promotes the use of Task Force 194, which conducted the SEALORDS campaign, as the model for establishing U.S. riverine forces today. This study points out that the nucleus of a riverine force must be maintained, doctrine modernized, and crew currency maintained in order to have any reasonable expectation for success at the outset of future riverine conflicts.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1782896910

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9781782896913

Old Habits Die Hard

The Network and Other Spies

By: Ret. Major David Ivor William Taylor

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Old Habits Die Hard

The Network and Other Spies

By: Ret. Major David Ivor William Taylor

Major Neil Olaf has been defending his countryand himselffor over eight years. Neil is a Military Intelligence Officer, the third in his family after his uncle and now deceased father. But just as he prepares to face a crossroads in his life, everything goes terribly wrong. Neil is on top of the world after his girlfriend, Tatiana, agrees to marry him. Moments later as she reaches to draw the curtains across the window, Tatiana is assassinated, sending Neil and his dreams plummeting into darkness. After Neil quickly rids the world of her assassins, he embarks on a quest for revenge that leads him from the Ukraine to Paris, where he is left to wonder if his father is really dead after all. Because Neil is a target for so many, those in his inner circle are put in jeopardy. When his best friend is murdered, Neil must pull out all the stops to stay alive and achieve justice. But can he triumph over evil before it is too late? Old Habits Die Hard shares the gripping tale of an old spys vengeful journey as he attempts to make a difference and somehow survive, even when it seems the entire world is after him.

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iUniverse

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1491779160

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9781491779163

Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching

By: Major General (Ret.) David E. B. (DEB) Ward

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By: Major General (Ret.) David E. B. (DEB) Ward

For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to be a pilot, and when I first saw F-80 fighter jets making practice gunnery passes on a firefighting training tower in Anchorage, Alaska, I knew I had to become a fighter pilot. This experience happened when I was 12 years of age and during the period of the Korean War. Seventeen years later I was invited to join the Oregon Air National and informed that I was going to become a fighter pilot in the 123rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, in Portland, Oregon. The squadron is known as the “Redhawks,” My journey in this chapter of my life began in Miles City, Montana, the place of my birth. Miles City bills itself as “The Cow Capital of the West”, holds an annual bucking horse sale in May of each year, and was the only American city in the contiguous United States to be bombed during World War II. That feat was accomplished by our own U.S. Army Air Corps. On both sides of my family, my grandparents were ranchers and farmers, and the hired workers on the ranch were trustees from the Miles City jail, reform school teenagers, and German POWs. I spent summers in the country and rode a full-size horse at the age of five. I didn’t ride a bicycle, however, until the age of eight when my family moved west to Portland, Oregon. Circumstances in my life, extending into early adulthood, generated a host of highly unusual real-life stories, ranging from the humorous to the tragic, several of which were woven into the fabric of then-current events that made their mark in history. The interesting people I came into contact with during these events contributed significantly to the richness of the experiences. A divorce and remarriages by both of my parents sent my already active early life into a tumultuous spin. In eight grades of schooling, I attended six different elementary schools in three different states plus the Territory of Alaska. Although we were settled for my years in high school and college, those disruptive moves created a restlessness within me that made it a challenge at times to remain focused on my studies. My selection as the University’s Air Force ROTC Drill Team Commander and the program’s Flight Indoctrination Program in which I received my Private Pilot License, imbued me with the direction and confidence I needed to successfully complete Air Force pilot training which I did in South Georgia. My first assignment after pilot training was as a T-33 jet pilot training instructor in Texas. The T-33 was the trainer version of the Korean War vintage F-80. In meeting my “need for speed”, I later converted as an instructor into the supersonic T-38 trainer. After four years of instructing basic flight training, I was reassigned to Korea as a Forward Air Controller and became the Air Division’s T-33 flight program manager. When I completed this overseas tour, at the height of the Air War in Vietnam, I resigned from the Air Force and joined the Oregon Air National Guard. This started a new chapter in my life.

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662917848

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9781662917844

The Best American Poetry 2019

By: David Lehman,Major Jackson

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The Best American Poetry 2019

By: David Lehman,Major Jackson

The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry—“one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world” (Academy of American Poets)—now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review. Since 1988, The Best American Poetry has been the leading anthology of contemporary American poetry. The Washington Post said of the 2017 edition, “The poems...have a wonderful cohesion and flow, as if each contributes to a larger narrative about life today…While readers may question some of the selections—an annual sport with this series—most will find much that resonates, including the insightful author notes at the back of the anthology.” The state of the world has inspired many to write poetry, and to read it—to share all the rage, beauty, and every other thing under the sun in the way that only poetry can. Now the foremost anthology of contemporary American poetry returns, guest edited by Major Jackson, the poet and editor who, “makes poems that rumble and rock” (poet Dorianne Laux). This brilliant 2019 edition includes some of the year’s most defining, striking, and innovative poems and poets.

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Simon and Schuster

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1982106581

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9781982106584

Book's by Major David A. Brown

The Blood Of Abraham, “Intifada, Uprising & Lessons In Asymmetrical Warfare”

The Blood Of Abraham, “Intifada, Uprising & Lessons In Asymmetrical Warfare”

Airpower And The Cult Of The Offensive

Airpower And The Cult Of The Offensive

What Lessons Can Be Drawn From U.S. Riverine Operations During The Vietnam War

What Lessons Can Be Drawn From U.S. Riverine Operations During The Vietnam War

Old Habits Die Hard

Old Habits Die Hard

Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching

Pull the Chocks, I'm Launching

The Best American Poetry 2019

The Best American Poetry 2019

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