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A rare pamphlet (no public database or OCLC library listings found). Obviously written in response to the experience of the 82d Airborne in the Detroit riots of 1967 ("At 2320 on Monday, 24 July 1967, Lyndon Johnson, at the request of then Michigan governor, George Romney, ordered 4700 members of the 82d and 101st Airborne units, who had begun arriving in the area earlier in the day, into Detroit to supplement 7000 National Guardsmen already in the city. Twice before, under Eisenhower in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957, and under Kennedy in Oxford, Mississippi in 1962, troops from these two divisions had been called into action to protect life and property and restore civil order that was beyond the ability of local authorities to handle. -William M. King) 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, stapled wraps, blue covers (printed on front, including symbol composed of "AIRBORNE" within a curved black bar over a black circle containing "AA"; b/w illustration of a soldier in a vigilant pose on the rear), 23 pp. Near fine. Contents: Introduction, The Nature of Civil Disorder, The Employment of the 82d Airborne Division in Control of Civil Disorders (Circumstances Under Which Federal Troops are Committed to Control Civil Disorder, Emergency Intervention, Martial Law, Legal Considerations, Apprehension and Detention of Civilians, Cooperation With Civil Authorities, Troop-Civilian Relations, The Press), Organization (The Rifle Companby Deployed for Control of Civil Disorder), Operations in Control of Civil Disorder (Command and Control, Show of Force Operations, Patrolling: General Considerations, Mounted Patrols, Foot Patrols, Conduct of Reliefs, Anti-Sniper Operations, Looting and Vandalism, "Troop-Baiting", Operational Communications, Acceptance of Gifts From Civilians, Use of Chemical Agents, When To Lock and Load; When to Fire, Armed, Friendly Civilians, Curfews and Their Enforcement, Withdrawal From Areas of Responsibility), Intelligence (General, The Recorder, Reports, Detention and Search; Tagging of Weapons and Loot; Women Suspects), Summary. From the Introduction: "The recent experience of the 82d Airborne Division in Detroit illustrated that the nature of civil disorder in the United States - disorder that has been rare in our history - has to some extent changed. . This pamphlet presents new means for dealing with the complexities of situations arising from civil emergencies and the commitment of the 82d Airborne Division to contront them. It does not supersede AR 50050 or FM 19-15, Civil Disturbances and Disasters; rather; it goes several steps beyond information provided in these publications. Commanders should use both publications in training and operations, remembering that they may as easily be confronted with an angry mob as they may be a hidden sniper. There can be no greater test of the airborne soldier's maturity, common sense, and discipline than his performance in controlling civil disorder and in restoring the peach (sic)and tranquility our government promises all citizens.".
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