Urban warfare : lessons and implications from recent conflicts.

Demographic and political-military trends indicate that urban warfare is likely to be more prevalent in the future. In the difficult and complex urban operating environment, modern conventional militaries will find themselves grappling with the seemingly irreconcilable goals of force protection, pop...

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Main Author:	Tan, Choon Meng.
Other Authors:	Mitchell, Paul T.
Format:	Theses and Dissertations
Published:	2008
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14368
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-143682020-11-01T08:12:28Z Urban warfare : lessons and implications from recent conflicts. Tan, Choon Meng. Mitchell, Paul T. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences Demographic and political-military trends indicate that urban warfare is likely to be more prevalent in the future. In the difficult and complex urban operating environment, modern conventional militaries will find themselves grappling with the seemingly irreconcilable goals of force protection, population protection and the attainment of operational and strategic objectives. This paper looks at recent major urban combat in Grozny, Jenin and Fallujah to examine how the urban warfare problematic was tackled, by different militaries with differing levels of training and dissimilar doctrines, mindsets and equipment. Master of Science (Strategic Studies) 2008-11-13T09:18:24Z 2008-11-13T09:18:24Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14368 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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description	Demographic and political-military trends indicate that urban warfare is likely to be more prevalent in the future. In the difficult and complex urban operating environment, modern conventional militaries will find themselves grappling with the seemingly irreconcilable goals of force protection, population protection and the attainment of operational and strategic objectives. This paper looks at recent major urban combat in Grozny, Jenin and Fallujah to examine how the urban warfare problematic was tackled, by different militaries with differing levels of training and dissimilar doctrines, mindsets and equipment.
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Urban warfare : lessons and implications from recent conflicts.

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