Shades of CORDS in the Kush : the false hope of "unity of effort" in American counterinsurgency /

"Counterinsurgency (COIN) requires an integrated military, political, and economic program best developed by teams that field both civilians and soldiers. These units should operate with some independence but under a coherent command. In Vietnam, after several false starts, the United States developed an effective unified organization, Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS), to guide the counterinsurgency. CORDS had three components absent from our efforts in Afghanistan today: sufficient personnel (particularly civilian), numerous teams, and a single chain of command that united the separate COIN programs of the disparate American departments at the district, provincial, regional, and national levels. This paper focuses on the third issue and describes the benefits that unity of command at every level would bring to the American war in Afghanistan. The work begins with a brief introduction to counterinsurgency theory, using a population-centric model, and examines how this warfare challenges the United States. It traces the evolution of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and the country team, describing problems at both levels. Similar efforts in Vietnam are compared, where persistent executive attention finally integrated the government's counterinsurgency campaign under the unified command of the CORDS program. The next section attributes the American tendency towards a segregated response to cultural differences between the primary departments, executive neglect, and societal concepts of war. The paper argues that, in its approach to COIN, the United States has forsaken the military concept of unity of command in favor of 'unity of effort' expressed in multiagency literature. The final sections describe how unified authority would improve our efforts in Afghanistan and propose a model for the future."--P. iii.

Lettres sur l'électricité : dans lesquelles on soutient le principe des Effluences & Affluences simultanées contre la doctrine de M. Franklin ... /

Mode of access: Internet.

The PLA at home and abroad : assessing the operational capabilities of China's military /

The chapters presented in this volume have demonstrated first, Chinese and PLA leaders have a strong sense of mission and concern for China's security and well-being. Second, the PLA is committed to the transformation in military affairs with Chinese characteristics. Third, the PLA is eager to learn from the U.S. military to expand and improve its operational capabilities. Finally, the PLA has made progress in its transformation and operational capabilities. For a long time, American leaders have been surprised with the PLA's advances. This volume (and many of the previous volumes from past PLA conferences) show that these advances did not come out of the blue. Although much of the learning and many of the improvements are still far from what is desired (from Chinese expectations and American critiques), and some of the learning has even created contradictions for the PLA, these persistent and diligent learning practices will eventually bring the PLA to a higher level of proficiency in its capabilities. The emergence of a much more sophisticated PLA in the coming years should not be a surprise.

Traité de la coqueluche, d'après les principes de la doctrine physiologique /

Mode of access: Internet.

Florus Biblicus ; sive, Narrationes ex historia Sacra Veteris Testamenti selectae, & doctrine morali illustratae.

Mode of access: Internet.

Droit romain, les lois agraires sous la république. Droit français, interprétation de l'art.1408 civ.; examen critique de la doctrine et de la jurisprudence.

Thèse - Faculté de droit de Toulouse.

The Epistle to the Ephesians : its doctrine and ethics /

Includes bibliographical references.

Exposition d'un systême plus simple de médecine, ou Éclaircissement et confirmation de la nouvelle doctrine médicale de Brown; traduite d'après l'édition italienne et les notes de Joseph Franck ... Par J. B. F. Léveillé ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Joint doctrine for amphibious embarkation.

Includes index.

TRADOC, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command : preparing for the future /

Mode of access: Internet.

Traité des lésions de la tête, par contre-coup : avec des expériences propres à en énclairer la doctrine /

Mode of access: Internet.

Journal de l'anarchie, de la terreur et du despotisme; ou Chaque jour marqué par un crime, une calamité pubique, une imposture, une contradiction, un sacrilége, un ridicule ou une sottise, et comme telle, la doctrine des doctrinaires ...

Covers the periods of the Revolution and the Empire.

La doctrine de Malherbe d'après son commentaire sur Desportes /

Also issued as author's thèse, Faculté des lettres de Paris.

The origins and development of the National Training Center, 1976-1984 /

Mode of access: Internet.

King of battle : a branch history of the U.S. Army's field artillery /

Mode of access: Internet.