Urban Operations Plus Combat and Operational Stress Control

A great value! Two military manuals combine into one book. If you purchase both books separate you will pay more for the books plus shipping cost. Urban Operations: This manual provides the analytical tools for evaluating an urban operation to determine if the operation is necessary for overall mission success. It also provides the means to understanding and determining the impacts of the urban environment on military operations and provides information on managing, taking advantage of, and mitigating the effects of those impacts as appropriate. Chapter Contents: The Urban Outlook; Understanding the Urban Environment; Understanding the Urban Threat; Understanding the Urban Environment's Effects on War-fighting Functions and Tactics; Contemplating Urban Operations; Foundations for Urban Operations; Urban Offensive Operations; Urban Defensive Operations; Urban Stability and Civil Support Operations; Urban Sustainment; Appendix: Siege of Beirut: An Illustration of the Fundamentals of Urban Operations; An Urban Focus to the Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield; Operations in Somalia: Applying the Urban Operational Framework to Stability Operations; Joint and Multinational Urban Operations Combat and Operational Stress Control: In our own Soldiers and in the enemy combatants, control of stress is often the decisive difference between victory and defeat across the operational continuum. Battles and wars are won more by controlling the will to fight than by killing all of the enemy combatants. Uncontrolled combat stress causes erratic or harmful behaviors, impair mission performance, and may result in disaster and defeat of COSC preventive measures. The COSC preventive measures are aimed at minimizing maladaptive stress reactions while promoting adaptive stress reactions, such as loyalty, selflessness, and acts of bravery. This manual provides doctrinal guidance for controlling excessive stress in combat and other operational environments.