Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992 (Cloth)

Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992 (Cloth)
Title:
Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1945-1992 (Cloth)
Format:
Hardcover
USA Price: 
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Low stock
GPO Stock Number:
008-029-00397-0
ISBN:
9780160723612
Description

 This volume, covering 1945 to 1992, is the third of three volumes on the role of federal military forces in domestic disorders. Summarizing institutional and other changes that took place in the Army and in American society during this period, it carries the reader through the nation’s use of federal troops during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and the domestic upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s associated with the Vietnam War.

Table of Contents

1. PROLOGUE 3

Laws Governing the Domestic Use of Troops 4

Reorganization of the Military Departments 6

Intelligence Organization and Procedures 9

Contingency Plans 11

Riot Control Training 13

2. THE ROAD TO LITTLE ROCK17

Patterns of Resistance 19

A Soldier-President 20

Race and Politics in Arkansas 27

The Developing Crisis 32

The Federal Response 34

3. INTERVENTION AT LITTLE ROCK 39

The Army Prepares 39

Casting the Die 45

The Forces Assemble 47

The Crisis Contained 50

Criticisms and Legal Views 53

The Second Crisis 56

The Slow Departure 59

Epilogue 66

4. THE ROAD TO OXFORD 69

Freedom Rides 71

Tensions Mount 76

Final Phase 79

The Meredith Case 80

Efforts To Avoid the Use of Force 86

The Tactical Forces 88

The President Acts 93

The Growing Crisis 97

5. THE RIOT AT OXFORD 101

Military Intervention 104

The Regulars 109

xii Chapter Page Oxford in Daylight 117

Maintaining a Military Presence 119

Redeployments and Troubling Incidents 125

Reducing and Rotating the Force 128

6. THREE TROUBLED YEARS 137

Birmingham: Operation Oak Tree 137

Recommendations and Planning 141

Operation Palm Tree 145

The March on Washington 153

Birmingham and Tuscaloosa—Again 159

Other Steep Hill Operations 161

Voter Registration 162

New Troubles Replace Old 164

7. CRISIS IN THE NORTH AND WEST 167

The Urban Ghettos 168

Tension Rises 171

Violence in Newark 173

Taking Stock 176

The Detroit Riot 177

Federal Intervention 180

Deployment of Federal Troops 184

The President Acts 188

The Use of Weapons by the National Guard 197

Detroit in Retrospect 203

8. REFLECTIONS ON VIOLENCE 205

Society and Law 205

The Army’s Role Reconsidered 207

Command and Control 211

Intelligence 215

What Was Right with the Army 217

Rebuilding the Guard. 218

Recommendations from the Hill 221

The Army’s Own Conclusions 222

The Army’s Civil Disturbance Plan 224

Intelligence Planning and Collection 227

9. THE MARCH ON THE PENTAGON  231

The Military and the Protesters  234

Plans and Preparations  237

The Permit  242

Military Contingency Planning  244

xiii Chapter Page Image and Reality 249

The March on the Pentagon 254

Aftermath 264

10. THE WASHINGTON RIOT OF 1968 267

The Government Prepares  268

The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr  271

Washington D.C 274

The Request for Troops  280

Troop Deployment and Operations 284

A City in Turmoil  290

Logistical Support 294

Phasedown and Withdrawal 296

11. THE CHICAGO AND BALTIMORE RIOTS 299

Trouble in Chicago 299

Deployment of Federal Troops  303

Preparing for Operations  306

Operations in Chicago 310

Casualties, Property Losses, and Deadly Force 313

The Baltimore Riot  315

Federal Intervention  320

Organization for Action 325

Street Operations  326

The Riot in Retrospect  332

12. IN THE WAKE OF THE RIOTS  337

Assessments and Responses  337

A New Directorate 342

Resurrection City, U.S.A.  344

Organizing for the Future 349

The National Political Conventions 354

Dissension in the Ranks 363

13. ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATIONS AND SURVEILLANCE 369

The Inauguration  369

Domestic Intelligence 375

The Vietnam Moratoriums 381

Planning at Year’s End  389

Political Surveillance Uncovered  390

Legal Aspects: Constitutional and Statutory 396

14. THE END OF THE CYCLE 401

From New Haven to Kent State  401

Disorder Continued  408

Review and Revision 411

xiv Chapter Page May Day 1971: The Last Vietnam Antiwar Crisis 420

The Elections and Their Aftermath  425

Looking Ahead  429

15. TOWARD A NEW CENTURY  433

Wounded Knee  434

An Expanding Mission  438

Riots in the Post-Vietnam Era 440

In Retrospect 449

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE  453

INDEX. 487

Audience

Anyone interested in the history of the period from 1945-92 about civil disorders and how the U.S. Military responded during the many civil confrontations especially associated with the civil rights movement, will find this resource a comprehensive document. Complete with stories of specific moments of civil strife and photographs to provide visual context, it provides an important window in American history.

Product Details

Availability Details:
In Stock
USA Price:
$69.50
International Price:
$97.30
Publisher:
Defense Dept., Army, Center of Military History
Author:
  • Scheips, Paul J.
Notes:
NB1310
Key Phrases:
  • Center of Military History Publication 30 20
  • Army Historical Series
  • Armed Forces
  • Domestic Disorders
  • Riots
  • Military History
  • Insurgency
Weight:
3.25
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Cover:
Cloth
Unit of Issue (US):
1
Unit of Issue (Non-US):
1
Record Creation Date:
10/28/2004
Last Status Update:
09/18/2023
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