Three United States Army Manhunts: Insights From the Past

Abstract

This study examines three manhunts from the United States Army's past. The manhunts highlighted in this thesis are the Punitive Expedition to capture the Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa, Operation Just Cause to capture the Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega, and the intervention in Somalia to capture the warlord Mohammed Farrah Aideed. A comparison of the three case studies yields four characteristics that are applicable to military manhunts. The characteristics are the necessity of detailed intelligence, the desirability of neutralizing the group to isolate the individual, the decentralized nature of this type of operation, and the political nature of overt manhunts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 17, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428776

Entities

People

  • Joshua Y. Noble

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Military Applications
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Personnel Management
  • Surveillance
  • Terrorists
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • Warfare

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
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