This thesis explores the strategy followed by the American military government in overcoming Moro resistance in the Philippines from 1903-1913. A chapter is devoted to the period of each of the three Military Governors of Moro Province, Generals...
The Philippine government has been battling a communist insurgency since 1932. Although it was defeated in 1954, it re-emerged in 1968. This new brand of Maoist insurgency has since persisted. At present, it is a major threat to the national...
Leonard Wood served as a Military Governor in Cuba from 1898 (Santiago) and 1899 to 1902, later as the Military Governor of the Moro Province in the Philippines from 1903 to 1906, and eventually as Governor General for the Philippines until his...
United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
The "Handbook for military support of pacification" has been developed as a basic reference document designed for use by United States forces, Republic of Vietnam forces, and Free World Military Assistance Forces operating in the Republic of...
In 2009 Norway released a strategy for a comprehensive approach in Afghanistan, emphasizing the need for improved civil-military cooperation. This paper explores the possible impact of the strategy on interagency unity of effort (UoE). Factors...
Sections on public works and utilities in the Philippines include: power, light and water (hydro-electric and steam, gas plants, and water works and supply); docks, harbors and aids to navigation (ownership and administration, national ports and...
This document is a story of the final Indochina struggle and eventual and tragic collapse of the South Vietnamese (Vietnam War timeframe). Chapters include information on U.S. organization for a cease-fire, decline of U.S. support, strategic raids,...
From a series of studies covering the operations of the Japanese Armed Forces during World War II. This document discusses the China area operations from July 1937-November 1941.
Pacification is the military, political, economic, and social process of establishing or reestablishing local government responsive to and involving the participation of the people. It includes the provision of sustained, credible territorial...
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is combating an insurgency and simultaneously rebuilding its infrastructure to become a strong sovereign state no longer requiring assistance from the U.S. government (USG) or other nations. Key...
This document on the Philippines addresses geographical and social backgrounds of the country, with information describing the land (boundaries and frontier districts, and territorial divisions) and the people (population statistics, cultural...
In 742, a predominantly Turko-Mongolian steppe nomadic tribe known today as the Uyghurs migrated eastward from eastern Turkey towards the oases of modern-day Xinjiang province of China; they have remained there for the last 1,268 years. Throughout...
Rural Development Division, Community Development Directorate, CORDS
This handbook was designed to inform advisors at all levels of the structure and nature of the Vietnamese village. Information is given about the village- past and present, village government, economy and finance, village security, and the American...
This handbook is designed to inform advisors at all levels of the structure and nature of the Vietnamese village. It covers the traditional village leadership, village government, village economy, village security, and the advisory role. The...
Volume I contains data on enemy personnel and unit strengths and a listing of accepted units for the current month. Volume II contains information on retroactive strength, infiltration, and infrastructure for all the months prior to the current...
Rural Development Division, Community Development Directorate, CORDS
This handbook was designed to inform advisors at all levels of the structure and nature of the Vietnamese village. This was important to the CORDS mission because the government of Vietnam, in its Pacification and Development Plan for 1970, had...
Political and media pundits have labeled the current period of post Cold-War world order the Pax Americana, reminiscent of the Pax Romana that occurred from 27 BC- 180 AD, during the zenith of the Roman Empire. It is the view of many that since the...
de Sola Pool, Ithiel; Fowler, Gordon; McGrath, Peter; Peterson, Richard
The overall purpose of this study was to access the trustworthiness and reliability of the inputs from district advisors of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) to the Hamlet Evaluation System (HES) and to suggest ways of improving...
Afghan nationals are not using or maintaining USG-funded development projects in two provinces/PRTs critical to U.S. success. As such, this monograph seeks to answer whether USG development projects in Afghanistan are sustainable. To do so, it...