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Combat Motivation in the Iraq War
WHY THEY FIGHT: COMBAT MOTIVATION IN THE IRAQ WAR Leonard Wong Thomas A. Kolditz Raymond A. Millen Terrence M. Potter July 2003 ***** The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. This report is cleared for public release; distribution is unlimited. ***** This study was greatly supported by members of the 800th Military Police Brigade -- specifically BG Paul Hill, COL Al Ecke, and LTC James O’Hare. Staff Judge Advocates COL Ralph Sabbatino and COL Karl Goetzke also provided critical guidance. Finally, COL Jim Embrey planned and coordinated the visits to units for this study. ***** Comments pertaining to this report are invited and should be forwarded to: Director, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 122 Forbes Ave, Carlisle, PA 17013-5244, or directly to [email protected] Copies of this report may be obtained from the Publications Office by calling (717) 245-4133, FAX (717) 245-3820, or by e-mail at [email protected] ***** All Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) monographs are available on the SSI Homepage for electronic dissemination. SSI’s Homepage address is: http:// www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/ ***** The Strategic Studies Institute publishes a monthly e-mail newsletter to update the national security community on the research of our analysts, recent and forthcoming publications, and upcoming conferences sponsored by the Institute. Each newsletter also provides a strategic commentary by one of our research analysts. If you are interested in receiving this newsletter, please let us know by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling (717) 245-3133. -
"So God-Damned Far Away": Soldiers' Experiences in the Vietnam War
Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Honors Theses Lee Honors College 5-9-2012 "So God-damned Far Away": Soldiers' Experiences in the Vietnam War Tara M. Bell [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Bell, Tara M., ""So God-damned Far Away": Soldiers' Experiences in the Vietnam War" (2012). Honors Theses. 1542. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/honors_theses/1542 This Honors Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Lee Honors College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY The Carl and Winifred Lee Honors College THE CARL AND WINIFRED LEE HONORS COLLEGE CERTIFICATE OF ORAL DEFENSE OF HONORS THESIS Tara Bell, having been admitted to the Carl and Winifred Lee Honors College in the fall of 2008, successfully completed the Lee Honors College Thesis on May 09, 2012. The title of the thesis is: "So God-damned Far Away": Soldiers'Experiences in the Vietnam War Dr. Edwin Martini, History Scott Friesner, Lee Honors College Dr. Nicholas Andreadis, Lee Honors College 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, Ml 49008-5244 PHONE: (269) 387-3230 FAX: (269) 387-3903 www.wmich.edu/honors The story of the Vietnam War cannot be told solely from the perspective of the political and military leaders of the war. For a complete understanding of the war one must look at the experiences of the common person, the soldiers who fought in the war. -
Ideological, Dystopic, and Antimythopoeic Formations of Masculinity in the Vietnam War Film Elliott Stegall
Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2014 Ideological, Dystopic, and Antimythopoeic Formations of Masculinity in the Vietnam War Film Elliott Stegall Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES IDEOLOGICAL, DYSTOPIC, AND ANTIMYTHOPOEIC FORMATIONS OF MASCULINITY IN THE VIETNAM WAR FILM By ELLIOTT STEGALL A Dissertation submitted to the Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2014 Elliott Stegall defended this dissertation on October 21, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: John Kelsay Professor Directing Dissertation Karen Bearor University Representative Kathleen Erndl Committee Member Leigh Edwards Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am most grateful for my wife, Amanda, whose love and support has made all of this possible; for my mother, a teacher, who has always been there for me and who appreciates a good conversation; to my late father, a professor of humanities and religion who allowed me full access to his library and record collection; and, of course, to the professors who have given me their insight and time. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Figures................................................................................................................................. v Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………...... vi 1. VIETNAM MOVIES, A NEW MYTHOS OF THE MASCULINE......................................... 1 2. DISPELLING FILMIC MYTHS OF THE VIETNAM WAR……………………………... 24 3. IN DEFENSE OF THE GREEN BERETS ………………………………………………..... -
The Armylawyer
THE ARMY LAWYER Headquarters, Department of the Army November 2011 ARTICLES Conquering Competency and Other Professional Responsibility Pointers for Appellate Practitioners Major Jay L. Thoman Rule of Law in Iraq and Afghanistan? Mark Martins USALSA REPORT Trial Judiciary Note A View from the Bench: Immunizing Witnesses Colonel R. Peter Masterton TJAGLCS FEATURES Lore of the Corps A “Fragging” in Vietnam: The Story of a Court-Martial for Attempted Murder and Its Aftermath New Developments Administrative & Civil Law The Army Safety Program Major Derek D. Brown BOOK REVIEWS How We Decide Reviewed by Major Keith A. Petty CLE NEWS CURRENT MATERIALS OF INTEREST Department of the Army Pamphlet 27-50-462 Editor, Captain Joseph D. Wilkinson II Technical Editor, Charles J. Strong The Army Lawyer (ISSN 0364-1287, USPS 490-330) is published monthly The Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army. The Army Lawyer by The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, welcomes articles from all military and civilian authors on topics of interest to Virginia, for the official use of Army lawyers in the performance of their military lawyers. Articles should be submitted via electronic mail to legal responsibilities. Individual paid subscriptions to The Army Lawyer are [email protected]. Articles should follow The available for $45.00 each ($63.00 foreign) per year, periodical postage paid at Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed. 2010) and the Military Charlottesville, Virginia, and additional mailing offices (see subscription form Citation Guide (TJAGLCS, 16th ed. 2011). No compensation can be paid for on the inside back cover). -
Volume 195 Spring 2008 ARTICLES BOOK REVIEWS Department of Army Pamphlet 27-100-195
Volume 195 Spring 2008 ARTICLES TIME TO KILL: EUTHANIZING THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL OF MILITARY DEATH SENTENCES TO RESTORE FINALITY OF LEGAL REVIEW Major Joshua M. Toman THE SOLDIER AND THE STATE: WHETHER THE ABROGATION OF STATE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY IN USERRA ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS IS A VALID EXERCISE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL WAR POWERS Major Timothy M. Harner BY THE CONTENT OF CHARACTER: THE LIFE AND LEADERSHIP OF MAJOR GENERAL KENNETH D. GRAY (RET.) (1966–1997), THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OFFICER Lieutenant Colonel George R. Smawley THE THIRTY-SIXTH KENNETH J. HODSON LECTURE ON CRIMINAL LAW Brigadier General Patrick P. Finnegan BOOK REVIEWS Department of Army Pamphlet 27-100-195 i MILITARY LAW REVIEW Volume 195 Spring 2008 CONTENTS ARTICLES Time to Kill: Euthanizing the Requirement for Presidential Approval of Military Death Sentences to Restore Finality of Legal Review Major Joshua M. Toman 1 The Soldier and the State: Whether the Abrogation of State Sovereign Immunity in USERRA Enforcement Actions Is a Valid Exercise of the Congressional War Powers Major Timothy M. Harner 91 By the Content of Character: The Life and Leadership of Major General Kenneth D. Gray (Ret.) (1966–1997), The First African-American Judge Advocate General Officer Lieutenant Colonel George R. Smawley 128 The Thirty-Sixth Kenneth J. Hodson Lecture on Criminal Law Brigadier General Patrick P. Finnegan 190 BOOK REVIEWS The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Reviewed by Major Jeffrey S. Thurnher 203 The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC Reviewed by Major Brian Harlan 211 i Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. -
Military Jurisdiction and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty Clark Smith
University of Miami Law School Institutional Repository University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review 7-1-2015 Fair and Impartial? Military Jurisdiction and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty Clark Smith Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.miami.edu/umnsac Part of the Military, War and Peace Commons, and the National Security Commons Recommended Citation Clark Smith, Fair and Impartial? Military Jurisdiction and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty, 5 U. Miami Nat’l Security & Armed Conflict L. Rev. 1 (2015) Available at: http://repository.law.miami.edu/umnsac/vol5/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review by an authorized administrator of Institutional Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Fair and Impartial? Military Jurisdiction and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty Clark Smith* When thepunishment maybedeath, there are particular reasons to ensure that the menandwomen of the ArmedForces do not by reason of serving their countryreceive less protection than theConstitution provides for civilians.1 - John Paul Stevens Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 2 II. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE MILITARY.......................................... 6 A. Brief History................................................................................. -
African American Soldiers and Race Relations in The
Race in the Crucible of War: African American Soldiers and Race Relations in the “Nam” A dissertation presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Gerald F. Goodwin August 2014 © 2014 Gerald F. Goodwin. All Rights Reserved. 2 This dissertation titled Race in the Crucible of War: African American Soldiers and Race Relations in the “Nam” by GERALD F. GOODWIN has been approved for the Department of History and the College of Arts and Sciences by Chester Pach Professor of History Robert Frank Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 Abstract GOODWIN, GERALD F., Ph.D., August 2014, History Race in the Crucible of War: African American Soldiers and Race Relations in the “Nam” Director of Dissertation: Chester Pach For African Americans soldiers serving in the armed forces during the Vietnam War the domestic scene loomed large. African Americans perceived racial issues—race relations, prejudice, and discrimination—in Vietnam through a lens heavily influenced by their earlier experiences in the United States. Issues related to race and race relations helped to define the African American experience in the United States, and these same issues defined the experiences of black soldiers in Vietnam. Race relations in combat were typified by cooperation, shared sacrifice, and a sense of brotherhood. These positive relations were largely a reflection of the fact that black and white soldiers in combat were heavily dependent on one another. Despite these positive interactions with whites, African Americans did not view the armed forces as an institution free of racial prejudice. -
The Road to My Lai
THE ROAD TO MY LAI HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY By George F. Shaw A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of Humboldt State University In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts In Sociology Summer, 2012 ABSTRACT The U.S. military of the Vietnam era was a total institution of the Goffman school, set apart from larger American society, whose often forcibly inducted personnel underwent a transformative process from citizen to soldier. Comprised of a large group of individuals, with a common purpose, with a clear distinction between officers and enlisted, and regulated by a single authority, Goffman’s formulation as presented in the 1950’s has become a basic tenet of military sociology. The overwhelming evidence is clear: perhaps the best equipped army in history faced a debacle on the battlefield and cracked under minimal stress due to the internal rotation structure which was not resolved until the withdrawal of U.S. forces: the “fixed length tour”. Throughout the Vietnam War the duration of the tour in the combat theater was set at 12 months for Army enlisted, 13 months for Marine enlisted - officer ranks in both branches served six months in combat, six months on staff duty. The personnel turbulence generated by the “fixed length” combat tour and the finite Date of Estimated Return from Overseas (DEROS) created huge demands for replacement manpower among both enlisted and junior grade officers at the company and platoon level. It has been argued that just as a man was learning the ropes of combat in the jungles of Vietnam he was rotated out of the theater of operations. -
1. Movies and Memorials
1. Movies and Memorials At the most basic level of shared content, prestige combat films—hereafter PCFs—tell stories of US soldiers fighting abroad in actual historical con- flicts. (United 93 [2006] and Letters from Iwo Jima [2006] are the excep- tions.) Feature films about the American Civil War, which lack a foreign other, and fantasies of American forces at war with imagined enemies (for example the alien invaders of Independence Day [1996]) are excluded. Likewise excluded are movies that depict the US military in a fantastical context, such as Rambo: First Blood, Part Two (1985), which returns to Vietnam to rescue POWs and, in the words of John Rambo, “win this time,” and Top Gun (1986), which elides entirely the dire seriousness that would have attended a dogfight between American F-14s and Communist MiGs in the 1980s and instead celebrates winning, as Christian Appy aptly notes, “a fictional battle in an unknown place against a nameless enemy with no significant cause at stake.”1 PCF narratives engage seriously with historical fact—in only a few cases by way of highly stylized storytelling—and insert the viewer, assumed to be an adult, into a complex context. As the director Oliver Stone said, hopefully, of Platoon (1986) two years after its release: “It became an antidote to Top Gun and Rambo.”2 This complex context, however, is limited in scope. Nearly every PCF represents the battlefield from the point of view of the individual soldier, frequently from the lowest rank: the grunt. Central characters in these films seldom rise above lieutenant (with leading roles in Saving Private Ryan [1998], Band of Brothers [2001], We Were Soldiers [2002], and Green Zone [2010] notable exceptions). -
Destructivity: a Political Economy of Military Effectiveness in Conventional Combat
Destructivity: a Political Economy of Military Effectiveness in Conventional Combat by Charles A. Miller Department of Political Science Duke University Date: Approved Peter Feaver, Co-Supervisor Christopher Gelpi, Co-Supervisor Joseph Grieco David Soskice Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Political Science in the Graduate School at Duke University 2013 Abstract Destructivity: a Political Economy of Military Effectiveness in Conventional Combat by Charles A. Miller Department of Political Science Duke University Date: Approved Peter Feaver, Co-Supervisor Christopher Gelpi, Co-Supervisor Joseph Grieco David Soskice An abstract of a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Political Science in the Graduate School at Duke University 2013 Copyright by Charles A. Miller 2013 Abstract Neither technological nor numerical superiority accounts for the outcome of most battles. Instead, some intangible factor has historically mattered more. The political science literature has termed this factor ‘military effectiveness’, yet using this phrase to refer solely to efficiency in one of the many tasks militaries are asked to perform can be dangerous. Armies which are good at conventional combat may be less effective at internal security, for instance. I therefore propose a new term ‘destructivity’ to refer exclusively to military effectiveness in high intensity, conventional warfare. Previous literature has suggested a number of factors which may account for variation between states in their levels of destructivity. Wealth, human capital, regime type, ethnic heterogeneity, culture and the external pressures of the international system have all been suggested by past scholars. -
The Vietnam War Storyboard (1)
WELCOME Hours of Instruction: Flexible, up to 45 Days Grades: 7–11 Overview: This comprehensive teaching unit covers American involvement in Vietnam beginning in 1961, and hostilities from 1964–1975. Use all of the lessons or select activities to enhance student understanding of America’s involvement in the quagmire of undeclared war. Your students will: s %XPLORETHEMILITARYANDPOLITICALDECISIONSTHATLEDTO!MERICANINVOLVEMENT s %XPERIENCETHE6IETNAM7ARASCIVILIANS SOLDIERSONBOTHSIDES 0/7S ANDPOLITICIANS s %XPRESSHISTORICALUNDERSTANDINGCREATIVELYTHROUGHDRAWING POETRY WRITINGHINDSIGHTREVISIONISTHISTORIES designing a war memorial, etc.) s 2EENACTBATTLES STUDYHISTORICPERSONALITIES LEARNABOUT6IETNAMESECULTUREANDLANGUAGE ANDEXPERIENCETHE turbulent war years from the perspective of “Hawks” and “Doves” s )NTERVIEW6IETNAM7ARVETERANS CIVILIANS ORPOST WARIMMIGRANTSFROM3OUTHEAST!SIA www.teachinteract.com Visit our website @ www.teachinteract.com for FREE Sample Activities and to see a complete list of our titles! ICONS KEY When you see these icons… read or tell Answer Key Learning Tip Teaching Tip Read or Tell Grouping Timing For student Found in the In the margins This is important This shows if your Many activities activities with Student Guide. of your Teacher information your students work vary in length. specific objective This directs Guide, these tips students need independently, Use this icon to responses, this your students clarify materials for the activity. in partners or help plan your icon directs you to important or procedures. Be sure to read in cooperative teaching time. to the answer procedures or the passage or groups for each key. directions. clearly instruct activity. your students as stated in your Teacher Guide. VIETNAM A Resource-rich Teaching Unit on the Vietnam War 1964–1975 "),,,!#%9 AUTHOROF6)%4.!- HASBEENAWRITERAND Copyright ©2003 Interact EDITORFOR).4%2!#4SINCE WHENHISFIRSTWORK 10200 Jefferson Boulevard %30)/.!'%WASPUBLISHED3INCETHEN"ILLHASWRITTEN P.O. -
Gi Dissent During the Vietnam War by Derek W. Seidman Ba
THE UNQUIET AMERICANS: GI DISSENT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR BY DEREK W. SEIDMAN B.A., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 2002 A.M., BROWN UNIVERSITY, 2005 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AT BROWN UNIVERSITY PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND MAY 2010 © Copyright 2010 by Derek W. Seidman This dissertation by Derek W. Seidman is accepted in its present form by the Department of History as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Date ____________ ______________________________ Robert O. Self, Director Recommended to the Graduate Council Date ____________ ______________________________ Elliott J. Gorn, Reader Date ____________ ______________________________ Naoko Shibusawa, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date ____________ _______________________________ Sheila Bonde, Dean of the Graduate School iii CURRICULUM VITAE Derek W. Seidman was born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 3, 1980 and grew up in Rochester, New York and San Francisco, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a B.A. in History with a Minor in Political Science in 2002. He received an A.M. in History from Brown University in 2005. While at Brown, he specialized in the social, cultural and political history of the 20th Century United States, with an emphasis on social movements. His dissertation research was funded by Brown University, the Center for the United States and the Cold War at New York University, the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.