URBAN OPERATIONS

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 3
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
THE PROSPECT OF URBAN OPERATIONS......Page 13
AN URBAN PERSPECTIVE......Page 14
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF URBAN AREAS IN WARFARE......Page 15
MODERN ARMY URBAN OPERATIONS......Page 19
A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT......Page 25
URBAN TERRAIN......Page 26
URBAN SOCIETY......Page 37
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 42
ASYMMETRICAL AND ADAPTIVE......Page 51
THREAT OBJECTIVES......Page 52
URBAN THREAT TACTICS......Page 55
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION......Page 61
WARFIGHTING FUNCTIONS......Page 69
KEY TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 85
DETERMINING THE NECESSITY OF URBAN OPERATIONS......Page 89
INTEGRATION INTO LAND OPERATIONS......Page 94
INTEGRATION OF CONVENTIONAL AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES......Page 112
SYNCHRONIZATION OF ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER AGENCIES......Page 113
URBAN OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK......Page 115
FUNDAMENTALS OF URBAN OPERATIONS......Page 124
OFFENSIVE CHARACTERISTICS APPLIED TO URBAN OPERATIONS......Page 129
URBAN OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS AND BATTLEFIELD ORGANIZATION......Page 133
FORMS AND TYPES OF URBAN OFFENSE......Page 136
URBAN OFFENSIVE CONSIDERATIONS......Page 140
DEFENSIVE CHARACTERISTICS APPLIED TO URBAN OPERATIONS......Page 159
URBAN DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS AND BATTLEFIELD ORGANIZATION......Page 161
TYPES OF URBAN DEFENSE......Page 162
URBAN DEFENSIVE CONSIDERATIONS......Page 167
PURPOSE OF URBAN STABILITY AND CIVIL SUPPORT OPERATIONS......Page 175
CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN STABILITY AND CIVIL SUPPORT OPERATIONS......Page 176
URBAN STABILITY AND CIVIL SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND BATTLEFIELD ORGANIZATION......Page 177
CONSIDERATIONS FOR URBAN STABILITY AND CIVIL SUPPORT OPERATIONS......Page 179
URBAN SUSTAINMENT CHARACTERISTICS......Page 193
LOGISTICS PREPARATION OF THE THEATER......Page 196
SUSTAINMENT FUNCTIONS......Page 199
Appendix A: Siege of Beirut: An Illustration of the Fundamentals ofUrban Operations......Page 221
Appendix B: An Urban Focus to the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield......Page 229
Appendix C: Operations in Somalia: Applying the Urban OperationalFramework to Stability Operations......Page 247
Appendix D: Joint and Multinational Urban Operations......Page 255
Source Notes......Page 267
Glossary......Page 273
References......Page 301
Index......Page 311
Authentication......Page 315
PIN......Page 316