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The demands of 21st century military operations require an
organization that is trained and equipped for independent
offensive, defensive, and stability operations. This type of
organization, the armored cavalry regiment, is fading from the U.S.
Army. However, the demand for the types of operational capabilities
inherent in such an organization is not disappearing. Does the
United States Army need to retain an independent, combined arms
formation, similar to the current armored cavalry regiment that
gives higher echelon commanders the option of fighting for
information and conducting economy of force operations? The Army
has struggled with this question before and numerous examples from
the Second World War to the Persian Gulf provide a historical
foundation for the continued existence of these formations in this
era of persistent conflict. Despite the need to stretch existing
forces over tens of thousands of square kilometers of operating
environment when tasked with conducting overseas contingency
operations, however, the United States Army will soon lack the
specially trained and equipped organizations necessary to most
effectively accomplish these missions. In fact, the only remaining
armored cavalry regiment will begin transitioning into a Stryker
fighting vehicle equipped brigade combat team in 2012. Once this
conversion to a Stryker based infantry brigade is affected, the
last of these uniquely organized units, born of the lessons of the
Second World War, refined throughout the Cold War, and proven on
the battlefields of Operations DESERT STORM and IRAQI FREEDOM, will
cease to exist. When that happens, the United States Army will have
eliminated the last of a group of versatile and proven specialized
formations capable of conducting the full spectrum of traditional
cavalry operations. These scheduled changes highlight the
importance of examining the question of whether or not a
requirement remains for specialized cavalry units in the United
States Army. Amer
This 1973 volume is a fascinating collection of original studies on
the immediate consequences and the likely long-term effects of the
Chinese Cultural Revolution, the enormous social and political
upheaval initiated by Mao Tse-Tung in 1966. The authors discuss a
series of connected problems, all intimately related to the central
theme of leadership and participation in the Chinese pattern of
economic development and social change. The collection is edited by
Stuart Schram, who also provides a long introduction; he puts the
Cultural Revolution in the broad historical perspective of the
Chinese revolution as it has taken shape since the end of the
nineteenth century.
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