Falcon Brigade : : Combat and Command in Somalia and Haiti / / Colonel Lawrence E. Casper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Casper, Colonel Lawrence E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; PART 1 Experiences in Somalia, September 1993–March 1994 --; 1 U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN A FARAWAY LAND --; 2 THE BEGINNING --; 3 WORST CASE SCENARIO --; 4 TASK FORCE RANGER --; 5 FAILED ATTEMPT --; 6 THE PLAN --; 7 THE RESCUE --; 8 “MOGADISHU MILE” --; 9 AFTERMATH --; 10 THE CAVALRY ARRIVES --; 11 PREPARING TO FIGHT --; 12 THE WITHDRAWAL --; 13 OUTCOME --; PART 2 Preparation and Conduct of Military Operations in Haiti, September 1994–March 1995 --; 14 FORT DRUM, NEWYORK, APRIL 1994 --; 15 THE ALERT --; 16 HAITI --; 17 THE PLANS --; 18 PREPARATION --; 19 THE GO-AHEAD --; 20 SETTING SAIL --; 21 THE COUNTDOWN --; 22 THE ASSAULT, 19 SEPTEMBER 1994 --; 23 THE OCCUPATION --; 24 ARISTIDE’S RETURN --; 25 WINDING DOWN --; 26 MISSION COMPLETE --; 27 OBSERVATIONS --; Appendix UNITED STATES SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN ACTION/ NONBATTLE DEATH SUMMARY --; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVATIONS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX --; ABOUT THE BOOK
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626373464; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626373464
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Colonel Lawrence E. Casper.

Col. Lawrence E. Casper (U.S. Army-Ret.) narrates the first documented account by a military officer of the harrowing US operations in Somalia and Haiti.