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Article: Operation Iraqi Freedom: a military geographical perspective*.
- Article from:
- The Geographical Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
- Author:
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Wartime military operations stem from and are governed by political decisions and are usually considered a last resort, to be employed only in defense of the country or after diplomatic, economic, informational, or lesser military options fail to achieve their desired effects. Military activities within the context of stability-and-support operations, however, are often humanitarian in nature, and, although they are generally well received even in the most hostile or austere places, they can be equally if not more complicated and volatile than conventional combat operations (Palka 1995, 2003, 2005). Stability-and-support operations include nation building, security ...