Mars Unmasked : The Changing Face of Urban Operations.

PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- THE CHANGING FACE OF URBAN OPERATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDIES -- SURGICAL MOUT: Somali Peace Operations (1992Ò1993) -- Setting the Stage -- Firefight of October 3Ò4 -- Dominant Factors -- PRECISION MOUT: Operation Just Cause, Panama (1989) -- Setting the Stage -- The Assaults on Panama and the Aftermath -- Dominant Factors -- HIGH-INTENSITY MOUT: The War in Chechnya (1994Ò1996) -- Setting the Stage -- The First Battle for Grozny (December 1994ÒJanuary 1995) -- Russian Strategy and Tactics -- Chechen Strategy and Tactics -- The Rest of the Chechen War, Including the Second Battle for Grozny in August 1996 -- Dominant Factors -- CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY OF LESSONS BASED ON EARLIER MOUT -- THE CHANGING FACE OF URBAN OPERATIONS -- FACTORS UNDERGOING SIGNIFICANT CHANGE -- Presence of Noncombatants -- Rules of Engagement -- Presence of the Media -- PSYOP and Civil Affairs -- Political-Military Strategy -- IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT REMAIN FUNDAMENTALLY UNCHANGED -- Situational Awareness and Intelligence -- Airpower -- Technology -- Surprise -- Combined Arms (Infantry with Armor and Artillery) -- Joint Operations -- CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Books, Articles, Manuscripts, RAND Reports -- Field Manuals, Official Government Documents.

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