Civil Support Operations in Northern Ireland (Or how to mess up badly by doing the right thing)
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[Correction: Where I say "Short Falls", I should have said "Short Strand"] Well, I figured I had to do something Irish for Paddy's Day. The initial British Army involvement in Northern Ireland is an excellent case study in how an adherence to a tactical mission without particular reference to the larger political or cultural issues managed to squander an opportunity for a positive outcome and turned an initially positive community reaction into violent hostility. Link to British Army assessment. https://web.archive.org/web/20220207013006/http://www.vilaweb.cat/media/attach/vwedts/docs/op_banner_analysis_released.pdf Public facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Improved-Computer-And-Scout Car Fund: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat
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