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Falcon Brigade : Combat and Command in Somalia and Haiti / Colonel Lawrence E. Casper.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2001Description: 1 online resource (277 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626373464
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 356.1670973
LOC classification:
  • DT407 .C377 2001
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 Experiences in Somalia, September 1993–March 1994 -- 1 U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN A FARAWAY LAND -- 2 THE BEGINNING -- 3 WORST CASE SCENARIO -- 4 TASK FORCE RANGER -- 5 FAILED ATTEMPT -- 6 THE PLAN -- 7 THE RESCUE -- 8 “MOGADISHU MILE” -- 9 AFTERMATH -- 10 THE CAVALRY ARRIVES -- 11 PREPARING TO FIGHT -- 12 THE WITHDRAWAL -- 13 OUTCOME -- PART 2 Preparation and Conduct of Military Operations in Haiti, September 1994–March 1995 -- 14 FORT DRUM, NEWYORK, APRIL 1994 -- 15 THE ALERT -- 16 HAITI -- 17 THE PLANS -- 18 PREPARATION -- 19 THE GO-AHEAD -- 20 SETTING SAIL -- 21 THE COUNTDOWN -- 22 THE ASSAULT, 19 SEPTEMBER 1994 -- 23 THE OCCUPATION -- 24 ARISTIDE’S RETURN -- 25 WINDING DOWN -- 26 MISSION COMPLETE -- 27 OBSERVATIONS -- Appendix UNITED STATES SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN ACTION/ NONBATTLE DEATH SUMMARY -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE BOOK
Summary: Col. Lawrence E. Casper (U.S. Army-Ret.) narrates the first documented account by a military officer of the harrowing US operations in Somalia and Haiti.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 Experiences in Somalia, September 1993–March 1994 -- 1 U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN A FARAWAY LAND -- 2 THE BEGINNING -- 3 WORST CASE SCENARIO -- 4 TASK FORCE RANGER -- 5 FAILED ATTEMPT -- 6 THE PLAN -- 7 THE RESCUE -- 8 “MOGADISHU MILE” -- 9 AFTERMATH -- 10 THE CAVALRY ARRIVES -- 11 PREPARING TO FIGHT -- 12 THE WITHDRAWAL -- 13 OUTCOME -- PART 2 Preparation and Conduct of Military Operations in Haiti, September 1994–March 1995 -- 14 FORT DRUM, NEWYORK, APRIL 1994 -- 15 THE ALERT -- 16 HAITI -- 17 THE PLANS -- 18 PREPARATION -- 19 THE GO-AHEAD -- 20 SETTING SAIL -- 21 THE COUNTDOWN -- 22 THE ASSAULT, 19 SEPTEMBER 1994 -- 23 THE OCCUPATION -- 24 ARISTIDE’S RETURN -- 25 WINDING DOWN -- 26 MISSION COMPLETE -- 27 OBSERVATIONS -- Appendix UNITED STATES SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN ACTION/ NONBATTLE DEATH SUMMARY -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE BOOK

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Col. Lawrence E. Casper (U.S. Army-Ret.) narrates the first documented account by a military officer of the harrowing US operations in Somalia and Haiti.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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