Ruck It Up!: The Post-Cold War Transformation of V Corps, 1990-2001 - Couverture souple

Kirkpatrick, Charles E

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0160723655 ISBN 13 : 9780160723650

Editeur : Government Printing Office, 2006

Synopsis

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The transformation of V Corps from a traditional tank-heavy corps committed to a high intensity battle in central Europe to a lighter, more deployable reaction force simply based in central Europe is an exemplar of the changes that confronted the army at large to be sustained. This narrative outlines the major shifts in the operational context in which V Corps found itself after 1990 and discusses the major military operations in which the corps took part. Those operations gave the headquarters the essential feedback to adjust its organization and training to be more in synch with the requirements it faced. The study offers some tentative conclusions about the process of transformation of the Army in Europe, as seen from the perspective of one heavy, mechanized corps.

Military strategists, leaders, and professionals engaged in the task of refining the U.S. Army's organization, roles, and missions, as well as those who wish to gain an understanding of the complexity of post-Cold War operations, will want to review Kirkpatricks' invaluable microcosm of change.

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the years following the end of the Cold War, substantial debates about the proper size, organization, composition, and techniques of command of the United States Army spurred the service to reorganize. During this time, such discussions and alterations also affected the Army's forward deployed units in Germany-the United States Army, Europe, and its principal tactical formation, V Corps. In "Ruck It Up!" The Post-Cold War Transformation of V Corps, 1990- 2001, Charles E. Kirkpatrick outlines a decade of change for V Corps, and the physical and intellectual tools it evolved to accomplish its changing missions. The transformation was impressive. It began with reorienting V Corps from its traditional mission of the defense of Western Europe to becoming a force readily deployable within the U.S. European Command area of operations. Organizational, technical, and tactical developments influenced by lessons V Corps learned during missions to Africa and the Balkans spanned the decade between 1990 and 2000. Among the many and occasionally surprising lessons of the V Corps experience between 1998 and 2001 was how flexible, durable, and functional conventional general-purpose forces were in coping with a range of missions from humanitarian relief to combat operations. The author lays the essential groundwork to understand the successes of V Corps when the corps rapidly deployed to Southwest Asia, and then conducted U.S. Central Command's main attack during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. For those who continue to refine the U.S. Army's organization, roles, and missions, a careful review of this microcosm of change within the service offers useful counsel. This volume is recommended not only to those engaged in such demanding and important tasks on behalf of the Army, but also to the general reader who wishes to gain some understanding of the complexity of U.S. Army, Europe, operations after the end of the Cold War.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Government Printing Office
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0160723655
• ISBN 13: 9780160723650
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 657
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible