This is the fourth volume of a chronology of Marine Corps activities which cover the history of the U.S. Marines. It is derived from unclassified official records and suitable published contemporary works. This chronology is published for the information of all interested in Marine Corps activities during the period 1965-1969 and is dedicated to those [...]
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U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II
Special operations – in this context, commando or guerilla activities – conducted by the U.S. Army in World War II have been the subject of a good many thrilling adventure stories but little sober, historical analysis. Only a handful of works have examined the critical issues underlying special operations, and the Army’s historical series on [...]
The 9/11 Commission Report
Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and [...]
Eyes Behind the Lines: US Army Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance Units
Eyes Behind the Lines: US Army Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance Units is the 10th study in the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) Occasional Paper series. This work is an outgrowth of concerns identified by the authors of On Point: The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Specifically, these authors called [...]
Fighting the War of Ideas Like a Real War
This ground-breaking monograph departs from the conventional view of public diplomacy and international communication in time of war and argues for deploying messages as weapons of attack against the terrorists and other extremists. Proposing an immediate-term strategy that requires no bureaucratic reorganization or major budgetary changes, Fighting the War of Ideas like a Real War [...]
The Public Diplomacy Reader
The first in the IWP course reader series, The Public Diplomacy Reader provides a look at slices of public diplomacy: the art of communicating with foreign publics to influence international perceptions, attitudes and policies. Like any art form, the real definition of public diplomacy is subjective, and can be the source of lively and often bitter debates. Rather [...]
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis
This volume pulls together and republishes, with some editing, updating, and additions, articles written during 1978-86 for internal use within the CIA Directorate of Intelligence. The information is relatively timeless and still relevant to the never-ending quest for better analysis. The articles are based on reviewing cognitive psychology literature concerning how people process information to [...]
