A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, October 2001 - September 2005: The United States Army in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, October 2001 - September 2005 - Softcover

Wright, Donald P.; Bird, James R.; Connors, Peter W.; Farquhar, Col. Scott C.; Garcia, Lynne Chandler; Van Wey, Dennis F.; Clay, Steven E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982328311 ISBN 13: 9780982328316

Publisher: Dept. of the Army, 2010

Synopsis

 A Different Kind of War is balanced and honest. Its publication is particularly timely as both the Army and the Department of Defense are beginning to reassess and restructure the campaign in Afghanistan.  This study will shed a great deal of light on the overall course of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (EOF). As the title suggests, the campaign in Afghanistan was unique. While its initial phases featured the use of small teams of Special Operations Forces and air power, the campaign after 2002 evolved into a broader effort in which conventional forces were responsible for the creation of security, reconstruction, and programs to train the Afghan Army.  Overall, the story in these pages is one of a relatively small number of Soldiers conducting multifaceted operations on difficult terrain and within a complex cultural environment.

About this title

About the Author:

Donald P. Wright is the chief of the Contemporary Operations Study Team at the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) and a lieutenant colonel in the US Army Reserve. He holds a Ph.D. in History from Tulane University and has served as an Army historian for 6 years. Wright was the co-author of On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign, The US Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, May 2003–January 2005 (Fort Leavenworth, KS: CSI Press, 2008). He also authored several publications on the Russian Imperial Army including “That Vital Spark: Japanese Patriotism in Russian Military Perspective” in John Steinberg et al., The Russo- Japanese War in Global Perspective (Brill, 2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Dept. of the Army
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0982328311
• ISBN 13: 9780982328316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 414
• Editor: Combat Studies Institute (U.S.), Contemporary Operations Study Team (U.S.)