U. S. Army Special Warfare, Its Origins : Psychological and Unconventional Warfare, 1941-1952

, by Paddock, Alfred H., Jr.

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ISBN: 9780898758436 | 0898758432
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Copyright: 4/1/2002

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FOREWORD

PREFACE

THE AUTHOR

xiii

I. INTRODUCTION

II. PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE IN WORLD WAR II

(18)

The Coordinator of Information

(2)

OSS and OWI

(1)

The Army's Psychological Warfare Branch

(2)

Dissolution of the Psychological Warfare Branch

(2)

Theater Psychological Warfare

(3)

The Propaganda Branch, G-2

(4)

Appraisal

(4)

III. UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE IN WORLD WAR II

(16)

OSS and Unconventional Warfare

(1)

OSS and the Army

(4)

Guerrilla Warfare in the Philippines

(1)

Attitudes Toward Unconventional Warfare

(4)

Dissolution of OSS

(1)

Appraisal

(5)

IV. THE INTERWAR YEARS, PART I: PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

(30)

Creation of the CIA

(2)

Army Demobilization

(2)

Psywar to Plans and Operations Division

(2)

Eisenhower and McClure

(6)

The Army's Reaction to NSC-4

(8)

The Carroll Report

(2)

Gordon Gray-Revival of Interest

(4)

"Only a Start": Prelude to Korea

(3)

V. THE INTERWAR YEARS, PART II: UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE

(14)

The Airborne Reconnaissance Units

(3)

JCS and NSC Activities

(3)

The Office of Policy Coordination

(2)

Army Assistance to OPC

(1)

The Joint Subsidiary Plans Division

(1)

The Army and Unconventional Warfare Prior to Korea

(4)

VI. KOREA AND THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

(28)

Impetus for a Psywar Division at Department of the Army

(5)

Creation of the Office of the Chief of Psychological Warfare

(2)

OCPW and Psychological Warfare in Korea

(10)

OCPW and Unconventional Warfare In Korea

100

(11)

VII. THE ROAD TO FORT BRAGG

111

(32)

Psywar in Europe

111

(4)

Psychological Warfare Activities in the United States

115

(3)

The Special Forces Ranger Regiment

118

(11)

The Road to Fort Bragg

129

(14)

VIII. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE CENTER AND THE ORIGINS OF SPECIAL WARFARE

143

(12)

Organization of the Center

144

(3)

The 10th Special Forces Group

147

(8)

IX. SUMMING UP

155

(6)

NOTES

161

(42)

SOURCES

203

(8)

GLOSSARY

211

(2)

INDEX

213

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