The Art of Riverine Warfare from an Asymmetrical Approach

Abstract

This thesis examines U,S riverine warfare from an unconventional perspective in three Latin American countries to include: Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, U,S forces in particular NSW was (and remains) instrumental in helping these countries establish riverine units and an active presence on their rivers, These three different programs all have the same mission to deny the uncontested use of the rivers and inland waterways by narco traffickers and insurgent forces for the use of illegal activities, This thesis compares and contrast the three cases and garnishes lessons learned for future endeavors of the same

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA422488

Entities

People

  • Paul F. Willey

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Doctrine
  • Fish
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Green Berets
  • Inland Waterways
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Seal Teams
  • South America
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.