{"product_id":"2940148872870","title":"Security Assistance: U.S. and International Historical Perspectives","description":"These proceedings are the fourth volume to be published in a series generated\u003cbr\u003eby the Combat Studies Institute’s annual Military History Symposium, this year\u003cbr\u003esponsored by the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). The\u003cbr\u003eAnnual Military History Symposiums provide a forum for the interchange of ideas\u003cbr\u003eon historical topics pertinent to the current doctrinal concerns of the United States\u003cbr\u003eArmy. In pursuit of this goal the Combat Studies Institute brought together a diverse\u003cbr\u003egroup of military personnel, government historians, and civilian academicians\u003cbr\u003ein a forum that promoted the exchange of ideas and information. This year’s\u003cbr\u003esymposium, hosted by the Combat Studies Institute, was held 8-10 August 2006 at\u003cbr\u003eFort Leavenworth, Kansas.\u003cbr\u003eThe 2006 symposium’s theme, “Security Assistance: U.S. and International Perspectives,”\u003cbr\u003ewas designed to present historical research, analysis and policy recommendations\u003cbr\u003eon the topic of Security Assistance and Training Indigenous Forces.\u003cbr\u003eWhile much attention was paid to the U.S. military’s historical practice of security\u003cbr\u003eassistance operations and policies, discussions of the role of other agencies of the\u003cbr\u003eU.S. Government in security assistance as well as the international experience with\u003cbr\u003esecurity assistance programs were included.\u003cbr\u003eThis year we were fortunate to have Lieutenant General David Petraeus address\u003cbr\u003ethe symposium, bringing to bear his enormous recent experience in Iraq and his\u003cbr\u003eperspective as the Commanding General of the Combined Arms Center at Fort\u003cbr\u003eLeavenworth. Other featured speakers included Dr. Lewis Sorely, Dr. Michael\u003cbr\u003eO’Hanlon, and Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, each being leading experts in military\u003cbr\u003ehistory and national military policy. These proceedings also contain the papers and\u003cbr\u003epresentations of some two dozen participating panelists. It also includes transcriptions\u003cbr\u003eof the question and answer periods following the panelists’ presentations.\u003cbr\u003eThese materials can also be found at \u003cbr\u003easp. The symposium program can be found at AppendixA of this volume.\u003cbr\u003eThese annual symposiums continue to be an important annual event for those\u003cbr\u003estudents and masters of military history who believe that the past has much to offer\u003cbr\u003ein the analysis of contemporary military challenges. The Army continues to derive\u003cbr\u003eimportant insights from non-military historians and thinkers. The attendees and\u003cbr\u003erecipients of the proceedings have uniformly found them to be of great benefit.\u003cbr\u003eWe intend for the readers of this volume to find the experience equally useful.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067933802736,"sku":"2940148872870","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148872870_p0.jpg?v=1763709029","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148872870","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}