Essays on strategy: hostage rescue planning; maritime theater nuclear capability; strategic psychological operations
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5946167
The essays in the volume won recognition in the 1984 Joint Chiefs of Staff Strategy Essay Competition. The volume contains three essays. The author of the first essay considers the requirements for successful planning of hostage rescues, specifically reviewing the Son Tay raid, the Mayaguez crisis, the Entebbe rescue, and the Iranian hostage rescue attempt. The author of the second essay looks at the US Navy's capability for maritime theater nuclear warfare, identifying problems and recommending improvements. The author of the third essay finds the United States lacking a national-level mechanism for coordinating military psychological operations and proposes a way to remedy the problem.
- Research Organization:
- National Defense Univ., Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5946167
- Report Number(s):
- PB-86-118387/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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