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Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict

ZFTWARNING — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:09:23 +0000

Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict

Small Wars Journal−El Centro Senor Fellows John P. Sullivan and Nathan P. Jones, along with SWJ−El Centro Associate Daniel Weisz Argomedo edited the new volume Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict. The book covers a range of urban operations issues ranging from high-intensity crime, terrorism, and large scale combat operations.

Topics covered include the full spectrium of urban operations ranging from swarming, and distrubuted urban siege, such as the vurtual urban sieges in Culiacán in October 2019 and January 2023, urban security crieses, terrorist attacks, and to large scale combat operations (LSCO), urban disaster response and post-war recovery. Artificial intelligence (AI), subterranean operations, wargaming, and civilain protection are also addressed. The book includes a preface by Jayson Geroux and John Spencer, as well as a postscript on future urban operations by David Kilcullen.

The book available in hardcover, paperback, and electronic versions. More information is available of the book's website.

John P. Sullivan, Nathan P. Jones, Daniel Weisz Argomedo, Eds., Urban Operations: War, Crime, and Conflict. Boulder: KeyPoint Press, 2024.

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Monterrey, 1846: Still Offering Urban Combat Lessons after all these Years

ZFTWARNING — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 03:01:09 +0000

Monterrey, 1846: Still Offering Urban Combat Lessons after all these Years ZFTWARNING Mon, 03/06/2023 - 10:01pm

This article reviews the 1846 Battle of Monterrey from an urban operations perspective. The review provides salient lessons for contemporary military operations.

Modern War Instituate Podcast: The Second Battle of Fallujah and the Future of Urban Warfare

Riley.C.Murray — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:54:10 +0000

Modern War Instituate Podcast: The Second Battle of Fallujah and the Future of Urban Warfare

Full Podcast: https://mwi.usma.edu/the-second-battle-of-fallujah-and-the-future-of-urban-warfare/

An interview with Lt. Gen. James Rainy, the battalion commander of 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment during the Second Battle of Fallujah.

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Fighting in the Phone Booth: An Urban Pivot for the U.S. Army

SWJED — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:59:58 +0000

Fighting in the Phone Booth: An Urban Pivot for the U.S. Army SWJED Wed, 02/26/2020 - 5:59am

The United States Army is training to fight the wrong war. At the tactical level, units are preparing to meet near-peer threats in open terrain. A typical field exercise sees soldiers patrolling the woods or fighting pitched tank battles in the open desert. What you will not see is a rifle squad clearing a city block or practicing urban breaching techniques.

On the Likelihood of Large Urban Conflict in the 21st Century

SWJED — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 15:56:34 +0000

On the Likelihood of Large Urban Conflict in the 21st Century SWJED Sat, 03/25/2017 - 11:56am

Despite the growing emphasis on megacity contingencies, many question the premise of U.S. participation in megacity conflict.