Soldiers, they claim, are ill suited for these assignments, inevitably placing innocent civilians in harm's way. This study instead argues that not all counternarcotic missions are the same. When a specific operation coincides with a military's capabilities and proclivities, it can be conducted...
A Tale of Two Missions: Mexican Military Police Patrols Versus High-Value Targeted Operationsdoi:10.1177/0095327X16631084David Pion BerlinPion-Berlin, D. (2016). A Tale of Two Missions: Mexican Military Police Patrols Versus High- Value Targeted Operations. Armed Forces & Society, 43(1), 53-...
Jordi Diez and Ina Nicholls, The Mexican Armed Forces in Transition (Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2006), 32.Nicholls, Ian. 2006. The Mexican armed forces in transition. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=638 (...
The need for such a large standing army was explained by the United States’ leadership role in the Cold War and its need to maintain substantial armed forces in readiness in western Europe in case of a Soviet invasion. After the Korean War, army strength dwindled, while most of the ...
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