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Territorial Forces (Indochina Monographs #4)
by Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang TruongIncludes over 25 maps and illustrationsThis monograph forms part of the Indochina Monograph series written by senior military personnel from the former Army of the Republic of Vietnam who served against the northern communist invasion."A significant aspect of the South Vietnamese counter-insurgency effort was the employment of several differently organized military and paramilitary forces, each in a different role. Among them, the Territorial Forces, which made up more than one half of the total RVNAF strength, deserved particular interest because of their vital role in pacification.Pitted against Communist local force and guerrilla units, the Territorial Forces fought a low-key warfare of their own at the grass roots level far removed from the war's limelight. Their exploits were rarely sung, their shortcomings often unjustly criticized. But without their contributions, pacification could hardly have succeeded as it did.To evaluate the performance of the Territorial Forces, this monograph seeks to present the Vietnamese point of view on their roles and missions, development, training, employment, and support as they evolved during the war. More emphatically, it also attempts to analyze their problems and to determine if, in their actual condition, the Territorial Forces were effective enough as antithesis to Communist insurgency warfare." -Author's Preface.
The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflict (Routledge Studies in Federalism and Decentralization #Vol. 9)
by John CoakleyThe object of this book is to look at the manner in which states attempt to cope with ethnic conflict through territorial approaches. This revised edition has new chapters covering Northern Ireland, South Africa and Yugoslavia.
Territorial Revisionism and the Allies of Germany in the Second World War
by Stefan Dyroff Marina Cattaruzza Dieter LangewiescheA few years after the Nazis came to power in Germany, an alliance of states and nationalistic movements formed, revolving around the German axis. That alliance, the states involved, and the interplay between their territorial aims and those of Germany during the interwar period and World War II are at the core of this volume. This "territorial revisionism" came to include all manner of political and military measures that attempted to change existing borders. Taking into account not just interethnic relations but also the motivations of states and nationalizing ethnocratic ruling elites, this volume reconceptualizes the history of East Central Europe during World War II. In so doing, it presents a clearer understanding of some of the central topics in the history of the war itself and offers an alternative to standard German accounts of the period and East European national histories.
The Territorials, 1908–1914: A Guide for Military and Family Historians
by Ray WestlakeThe Territorials 1908–1914 is a unique, comprehensive record of the part-time soldiers who made up the Territorial Force that supported the regular army in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War. Previously information on the history and organization of these dedicated amateur soldiers has been incomplete and scattered across many sources but now, in this invaluable work of reference, Ray Westlake provides an accessible introduction to the Territorial Force and a directory of the units raised in each county and each town. The origin, aims and organization of the Territorial Force are described as well as the terms of service, recruitment, equipment and training. But the bulk of the book consists of details of over 600 Territorial units plus a comprehensive account of every city, town or village associated with them. Essential information on the all the infantry formations is supplied, but also covered are the yeomanry, the artillery, the engineers, the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Army Service Corps. Ray Westlakes historical guide of the Territorial Force the forerunner of the present-day Territorial Army - will be of enduring value to military and family historians.
Territorio Comanche
by Arturo Pérez-ReverteGuerra de Bosnia, principios de los años noventa. Una novela extraordinaria que es, además, una lúcida reflexión sobre el periodismo «Para un reportero en una guerra, territorio comanche es el lugar donde el instinto dice que pares el coche y des media vuelta; donde siempre parece a punto de anochecer y caminas pegado a las paredes, hacia los tiros que suenan a lo lejos, mientras escuchas el ruido de tus pasos sobre los cristales rotos. El suelo de las guerras está siempre cubierto de cristales rotos. Territorio comanche es allí donde los oyes crujir bajo tus botas, y aunque no ves a nadie sabes que te están mirando.» Esta novela fue llevada al cine por Gerardo Herrero y protagonizada por Imanol Arias y Carmelo Gómez.
TERRITORIOS VIGILADOS (EBOOK)
by Telma LuzzaniCada tanto una noticia nos sobresalta. #La IV Flota patrulla aguas sudamericanas#, #EE.UU. busca instalar una base militar en el Chaco# o #entrena tropas en la base chilena de Concón#. Enseguida aparecen versiones tranquilizadoras: #No hay de qué preocuparse, son misiones humanitarias#. Este libro surgió de la evidencia de ese doble discurso. A fines de 2009, Colombia, bajo el gobierno de Álvaro Uribe, autorizó al Pentágono a ocupar siete bases militares de su país; desde hacía un año la IV Flota patrullaba nuestros océanos y cada vez había más señales de que Estados Unidos avanzaba militarmente sobre América del Sur. El viejo mito de que nuestro subcontinente no está en la agenda de la Casa Blanca caía por tierra. Para qué Norteamérica necesita avanzar con una fuerza de tal magnitud sobre una zona claramente desmilitarizada? El comercio, los recursos naturales y la necesidad de mantener su hegemonía en un siglo XXI muy convulso son parte de la respuesta. En ese esquema, los pasos interoceánicos de Panamá, el Estrecho de Magallanes y el Pasaje de Drake (de ahí la importancia de las Islas Malvinas) se han vuelto clave. Telma Luzzani analiza aquí por qué siempre fue vital para Estados Unidos contar con una red de bases militares que garantizara el control político y económico de nuestra región y evitara, a su vez, todo intento de integración o autonomía. La autora indaga además las formas discursivas que utiliza el imperio para minimizar el peligro de esa presencia militar. Se trata de una investigación original e inquietante, necesaria para comprender el pasado y transformar el futuro de nuestro continente.
Territory and Terror: Conflicting Nationalisms in the Basque Country (Routledge Advances in European Politics #Vol. 25)
by Jan Mansvelt BeckAll Basque interpretations of national power have resulted in an uneasy mix of often fragmented and conflicting territorial identifications. Basques can identify themselves with France, Spain or an imagined Basque nation state. Territory and Terror confronts the imagined and actual territorial dimensions of nationalism, shedding new light on the Basque conflict. The study provides a rich description of territoriality analysed from a comparative perspective and explores the relation between territoriality and regional differences in conflict intensity. It supplies an account of the oft-overlooked internal struggles between Basques, arguing that overestimation of Basque nationalism as the ideological force behind the conflict often leads to a disregard of the identification of many with France or Spain. In addition, the author investigates the conflicts between Basque nationalists themselves over key issues such as terrorist activity. Territory and Terror will appeal to students and researchers of nationalism and territoriality, in particular to those with an interest in the Basque country.
Territory of Lies: The American Who Spied on His Country for Israel and How He Was Betrayed
by Wolf BlitzerBased on exclusive access to the convicted spy and his family, here for the first time is the complete tragic story of Jonathan Jay Pollard, an American Jew working in Naval Intelligence and spying for Israel. Pollard was caught in 1985 after passing thousands of top-secret documents to Israel out of concern for its security. In his affidavit to the judge who sentenced Pollard to life for espionage, then-Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger wrote. "It is difficult for me to conceive of a greater harm to national security than that caused by the defendant in view of the breadth, the critical importance to the United States, and the high sensitivity of information he sold to Israel." Drawing on in-depth interviews with Pollard in prison and with members of his family as well as with high-level sources in the US. and Israeli governments, Wolf Blitzer, The Jerusalem Post's Washington Bureau Chief, sought and found answers to many of the troubling questions that continue to make the Pollard affair a matter of concern. Why did Jonathan Pollard spy for the Israelis? Why did he take money from them if his motives were pure? Did he damage U.S. national security? How vital to Israel were the documents he gave them? Why did the Israelis need a spy in Washington? Why did they betray Pollard by handing him over to the FBI and then cooperating with the US. investigation? Did Pollard work alone or are there more Israeli spies in our government? How involved was his wife, Anne, in his spying, and did she deserve a five-year sentence? Did Pollard deserve a life term?
Territory, War, and Peace
by John A. Vasquez Marie T. HenehanThis book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.The book argues that a key both to peace and to war lies in understanding the role territory plays as a source of conflict and inter-group violence. Of all the issues that spark conflict, territorial disputes have the highest probability of escalating to war. War, however, is hardly inevitable; much depends on how territorial issues are handled. More importantly, settling territorial disputes and establishing mutually recognized boundaries can produce long periods of peace between neighbors, even if other salient issues arise. While territory is not the only cause of war and wars arise from other issues, territory is one of the main causes of war, and learning how to manage it, can, in principle, eliminate an entire class of wars. This book will be of great interest to all students of war and conflict studies, causes of war and peace, international security and strategic studies.John A. Vasquez is Thomas B. Mackie Scholar in International Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is author of The Steps to War (2008) (with Paul Senese) and The War Puzzle Revisited (2009). He has been president of the Peace Science Society (International) and the International Studies Association.Marie T. Henehan is Director of Internships and Lecturer, Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is author of Foreign Policy and Congress: An International Relations Perspective and co-editor of The Scientific Study of Peace and War.
Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
by Philip Bobbitt'A masterpiece and manual for our times ... Philip Bobbitt has drawn nothing less than a philosophical route-map for the war on terror and the geopolitical crises of the early 21st century' Matthew d'Ancona, Spectator. 'One of the most important books you are likely to read ... written with remarkable literary grace ... Bobbitt's work is in a class rather apart' Rowan Williams, Daily Telegraph. Almost every widely held idea we have about the war on terror is wrong, Philip Bobbitt argues, and must be rethought. It is not about religion, nationalism or a 'clash of civilizations'. Instead, we face the death of the nation-state and the birth of frontierless, globally networked 'states of terror' that seek to undermine an entire culture of political consent. This dramatic and highly acclaimed book tears down our assumptions to show that we are fighting a new kind of war - and how it can be won. 'The most important exploration of the changing relationship between war and terrorism to date. If you want to know what we will be debating in the coming years, read Bobbitt' John Gray. 'Sets out with clarity and courage the first really comprehensive analysis of the struggle against terror' Tony Blair. 'Bold new ideas ... fascinating ... his analysis goes to the heart of how we think about the structure of the modern world ... an extraordinary book' Rebecca Seal, Observer.
Terror at Dawn (Carrier #25)
by Keith DouglassTombstone Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are assigned to combat domestic terrorists within U.S. borders-leaving hostile nations Iraq and North Korea with an opening they can't resist...
The Terror Authorization: The History and Politics of the 2001 AUMF
by Shoon MurrayThree days after September 11, 2001, Congress passed an unprecedented authorization of the use of military force (AUMF 2001) that remains in force today. As the theatre of operation against terrorism changes, the applicability and legality of the AUMF 2001 is under increasing scrutiny - giving way to academic discussion over its current status.
Terror Descending
by Don PendletonWhen time has run out, when there are no choices left and the government's hands are tied, the Oval Office has one last bid for action: Stony Man. A last-resort, covert action team, this elite commando and cybernetics defense unit swings into action to protect America and the rest of the free world from the nightmare point of no return. Dedicated to a cause thirty years in the making, a powerful, militant group has amassed a private army of weaponry and mercenaries, and a mandate of world peace--by way of mass murder. Across the globe, unmarked planes are spilling a tidal wave of innocent blood as military and civilian targets all become fair game. When enough of the world is gone. . . they will step into power. Unless freedom's last, longest. . . and only shot does what it does best: the impossible.
Terror en Lo Cañas: Violencia política tras la Guerra del Pacífico
by Carmen Mc Evoy Gabriel Patricio Cid RodríguezLa masacre que da fin a la guerra civil en Chile después de la Guerra del Pacífico Tras las guerras de la Araucanía y la Guerra del Pacífico (1879-1884), la Guerra civil se desata en Chile en 1891 donde el ejercito del presidente José Manuel Balmaceda se enfrentaba al llamado Comité Revolucionario de Santiago compuesto por montoneros. Un grupo de estos se refugia en el fundo Lo Cañas, propiedad de Carlos Walker Martínez y cerca de Santiago, donde son sometidos a terribles masacres y al incendio del lugar por un batallón de soldados a cargo del general Orozimbo Barbosa. Los autores de Terror en Lo Cañas narran y analizan la brutalidad de lo aprendido en guerras anteriores y cómo la violencia política sienta las bases para formar la sociedad chilena. Reseñas: «Alejado de las versiones heroicas de los mitos patrióticos, Terror en Lo Cañas es un relato apasionado y apasionante que pone en escena las duras realidades de las guerras de la Araucanía y del Pacífico, así como sus traumáticas consecuencias para la sociedad chilena». Hilda Sabato. Historiadora «Estas páginas estremecedoras nos remiten a una tradición de deshumanización y desprecio por “el otro” que, tristemente, sigue vigente. Como los mejores libros de historia, esta es una obra incómoda, que hurga en la mugre del pasado para echar luces sobre el presente y el futuro». Carlos Aguirre. Historiador «En este libro, Mc Evoy y Cid realizan de manera extraordinaria una de las tareas más difíciles de las ciencias sociales: vincular un evento puntual con el proceso histórico. Es decir, el evento bárbaro busca ser comprendido desde una trayectoria de barbarie. Un libro, además, muy bien escrito e ilustrado. No tiene pierde». Alberto Vergara. Doctor en Ciencias Políticas
Terror Financing in Kashmir
by Abhinav PandyaThis book analyses the layered and complex web of terror financing in Kashmir. It examines the role of multiple actors — including formal and informal, state and non-state, profit and non-profit, and local and international — to delineate the various strands of an intricate financial system. It shows how, over time, these sophisticated networks have largely remained elusive to Indian counter-terrorism agencies and the need for a specialised and focused effort to understand it. Drawing on interviews with confidential sources within terror networks, as well as inputs and intel from security agencies on the ground, the author lays the groundwork for a robust counter-terrorism strategy in Kashmir. This book will be a must read for professionals and researchers in security studies, military and strategic studies, politics and international relations, and South Asian studies.
Terror Financing in Kashmir
by Abhinav PandyaThis book analyses the layered and complex web of terror financing in Kashmir. It examines the role of multiple actors — including formal and informal, state and non-state, profit and non-profit, and local and international — to delineate the various strands of an intricate financial system. It shows how, over time, these sophisticated networks have largely remained elusive to Indian counter-terrorism agencies and the need for a specialised and focused effort to understand it.Drawing on interviews with confidential sources within terror networks, as well as inputs and intel from security agencies on the ground, the author lays the groundwork for a robust counter-terrorism strategy in Kashmir. This book will be a must read for professionals and researchers in security studies, military and strategic studies, politics and international relations, and South Asian studies.
Terror Flyers: The Lynching of American Airmen in Nazi Germany
by Kevin T HallTerror Flyers examines the "lynch justice" (Lynchjustiz) committed against American airmen in Nazi Germany during World War II. Using engaging first-person accounts of downed pilots, as well as previously unused primary sources, Terror Flyers challenges the notion that such lynchings were exclusively the domain of Nazi party officials and soldiers. New evidence reveals ordinary German people executed Lynchjustiz as well. Initially occurring as a spontaneous reaction to the devastation of the Allied air campaign against the cities of the Third Reich, Lynchjustiz offered the Nazi regime a unique propaganda opportunity to harness the outrage of the German population. Fueled by inspiration from America's own history of the lynching of African Americans, Nazi propaganda exploited the very same imagery found in US publications to escalate the anger of the German people.Drawing heavily on the accounts of the downed airmen themselves, testimonies from the "flyer trials" held in Dachau during 1945–48, and rarely seen Nazi propaganda, Terror Flyers offers a new narrative of this previously overlooked aspect of the Allied campaign in Europe and suggests that at least 3,000 cases of lynch justice likely occurred between 1943 and 1945.
Terror from the Extreme Right
by Tore BjørgoThis first volume in a new series comprises nine contributions originally presented at a workshop supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin in August, 1994. Topics range from right-wing violence in North America to the development, patterns, and causes of violence against fore
Terror From the Sky
by Igor PrimoratzIn this first interdisciplinary study of this contentious subject, leading experts in politics, history, and philosophy examine the complex aspects of the terror bombing of German cities during World War II. The contributors address the decision to embark on the bombing campaign, the moral issues raised by the bombing, and the main stages of the campaign and its effects on German civilians as well as on Germany's war effort. The book places the bombing campaign within the context of the history of air warfare, presenting the bombing as the first stage of the particular type of state terrorism that led to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and brought about the Cold War era "balance of terror." In doing so, it makes an important contribution to current debates about terrorism. It also analyzes the public debate in Germany about the historical, moral, and political significance of the deliberate killing of up to 600,000 German civilians by the British and American air forces. This pioneering collaboration provides a platform for a wide range of views-some of which are controversial-on a highly topical, painful, and morally challenging subject.
Terror from the Sky: The Battle Against the Flying Bombs
by Graham A. ThomasIn the summer of 1944 the Germans launched more than 10,000 flying bombs at Britain, most of them towards London. Thousands of people were killed many more injured. RAF fighter pilots flew round the clock patrols desperately trying to shoot the robot rockets down and stop them from reaching their targets.
Terror in New York
by Lois Miner HueyIn a planned conspiracy to burn down major buildings in New York City during the Civil War, eight men of the Confederacy committed acts of terrorism. They attempted to destroy the city and claim it for the South by building a "Greek fire," which is stronger than regular fire because it is caused by chemical reactions.
Terror in the Balkans: German Armies and Partisan Warfare
by Ben ShepherdGermany’s 1941 seizure of Yugoslavia led to an insurgency as bloody as any in World War II. The Wehrmacht waged a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in response, and by 1943 German troops in Yugoslavia were engaged in operations that ranked among the largest of the entire European war. Their actions encompassed massive reprisal shootings, the destruction of entire villages, and huge mobile operations unleashed not just against insurgents but also against the civilian population believed to be aiding them. Terror in the Balkans explores the reasons behind the Wehrmacht’s extreme security measures in southern and eastern Europe. Ben Shepherd focuses his study not on the high-ranking generals who oversaw the campaign but on lower-level units and their officers, a disproportionate number of whom were of Austrian origin. He uses Austro-Hungarian army records to consider how the personal experiences of many Austrian officers during the Great War played a role in brutalizing their behavior in Yugoslavia. A comparison of Wehrmacht counter-insurgency divisions allows Shepherd to analyze how a range of midlevel commanders and their units conducted themselves in different parts of Yugoslavia, and why. Shepherd concludes that the Wehrmacht campaign’s violence was driven not just by National Socialist ideology but also by experience of the fratricidal infighting of Yugoslavia’s ethnic groups, by conditions on the ground, and by doctrines that had shaped the military mindsets of both Germany and Austria since the late nineteenth century. He also considers why different Wehrmacht units exhibited different degrees of ruthlessness and restraint during the campaign.
Terror, Insecurity and Liberty: Illiberal Practices of Liberal Regimes after 9/11 (Routledge Studies In Liberty And Security Ser.)
by Didier Bigo Anastassia TsoukalaThis edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.Although recent debate surrounding civil rights and liberties in post-9/11 Europe has focused on the forms, provisions
Terror of the Autumn Skies: The True Story of Frank Luke, America's Rogue Ace of World War I
by Blaine PardoeFrank Luke, Jr. was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still ?knights of the air,” Luke was an ungallant loner?a kid from Arizona who collected tarantulas, shot buzzards, and boxed miners. But during two torrid weeks in September 1918, he was the deadliest man on the Western Front. In only ten missions, he destroyed fourteen heavily-defended German balloons and four airplanes, the second highest American tally in the entire war. Author Blaine Pardoe retraces and refreshes Frank Luke’s story through recently discovered correspondence. Frantic, short, and splendid, the life of Frank Luke, Jr. dramatizes the tragic intervention of an American spirit in the war that devastated Europe.
Terror of the Autumn Skies
by Blaine PardoeFrank Luke, Jr., was an unlikely pilot. In the Great War, when fliers were still "knights of the air," Luke was an ungallant loner, a kid from Arizona who collected tarantulas, shot buzzards, and boxed miners. But during two torrid weeks in September 1918, he was the deadliest man on the Western Front. In only ten missions, he destroyed fourteen heavily-defended German balloons and four airplanes, a rampage unequaled even by the dreaded von Richtofen, and the second highest American tally of the entire war. Cocksure and constantly reprimanded, Luke was actually under arrest on the day of his final flight, but he stole a plane to join the fatal action that won him the first Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to a pilot. Blaine Pardoe retraces and refreshes Frank Luke's story through recently discovered correspondence. What emerges is a portrait of a life out of an "Old West" that was, by the late Teens, colliding with modernity. Frantic, short, and splendid, the life of Frank Luke, Jr. dramatizes the tragic intervention of an American spirit in the war that devastated Europe.