Add to ORKGWith the recent lightning swift combat successes of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, there may be a tendency to view with awe the lethality of U.S. technology and training. The researchers, however, argue that the true strength of America\u27s military might lies not in its hardware or high-tech equipment, but in its soldiers. Dr. Leonard Wong and his colleagues traveled to Iraq to see what motivated soldiers to continue in battle, to face extreme danger, and to risk their lives in accomplishing the mission. As a means of comparison, they began by interviewing Iraqi Regular Army prisoners of war to examine their combat motivation and unit dynamics. The researchers then interviewed U.S. combat troops fresh from the fields of battle to examine their ...
Significant differences exist in Americans’ support for force between the 1991 Persian Gulf War and ...
As American operations against terrorism spread around the globe to places like Afghanistan and the ...
The Army goes to great lengths to capture lessons learned and preserve these lessons for current pra...
This work focuses on several themes that deal with the idea of motivation in the military. The prima...
The United States has spent—and continues to spend—billions of dollars building Iraq’s military capa...
The situation in post-war Iraq is producing combat veterans accustomed to a perspective of combat th...
Since achieving victory in World War II, the United States military has a less than enviable combat ...
The purpose of this study is to examine the sources of divergent political understandings, focusing ...
Beginning in 2013, the U.S. Army began an effort to “engage regionally and respond globally.” A cent...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routle...
Despite being the subject of much debate, the Iraqi armed forces during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-19...
In this article, we argue that the public will tolerate significant numbers of U.S. combat casualtie...
The American Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States. Over 620,000 ...
Since 2001, Western troops have been heavily engaged in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan raising once ...
The past century of American military history has shown a rise in warfare against ideologies rather ...
Significant differences exist in Americans’ support for force between the 1991 Persian Gulf War and ...
As American operations against terrorism spread around the globe to places like Afghanistan and the ...
The Army goes to great lengths to capture lessons learned and preserve these lessons for current pra...
This work focuses on several themes that deal with the idea of motivation in the military. The prima...
The United States has spent—and continues to spend—billions of dollars building Iraq’s military capa...
The situation in post-war Iraq is producing combat veterans accustomed to a perspective of combat th...
Since achieving victory in World War II, the United States military has a less than enviable combat ...
The purpose of this study is to examine the sources of divergent political understandings, focusing ...
Beginning in 2013, the U.S. Army began an effort to “engage regionally and respond globally.” A cent...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis (Routle...
Despite being the subject of much debate, the Iraqi armed forces during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-19...
In this article, we argue that the public will tolerate significant numbers of U.S. combat casualtie...
The American Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the United States. Over 620,000 ...
Since 2001, Western troops have been heavily engaged in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan raising once ...
The past century of American military history has shown a rise in warfare against ideologies rather ...
Significant differences exist in Americans’ support for force between the 1991 Persian Gulf War and ...
As American operations against terrorism spread around the globe to places like Afghanistan and the ...
The Army goes to great lengths to capture lessons learned and preserve these lessons for current pra...