21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: North Korea Country Handbook: Up-to-Date Overview of the DPRK by the DOD, Politics, Economy, Transportation, Geography, Climate, Weather, Military Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, Special Operations Forces, Doctrine

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This superb and timely Department of Defense publication reproduction is excerpted from the respected Marine Corps Handbook entitled "North Korea Country Handbook" published in 1997. The handbook is described as "providing essential information on North Korea, intended to provide Marines and other U.S. military personnel with a base of information for conducting effective operations in the Korean Peninsula. By making this handbook unclassified... the handbook will fulfill the need for "field" ready-reference publication." Contents include: KOREAN PENINSULA GENERAL INFORMATION North Korea-Political and Economic Overview - Transportation, Railroads, Highways, Inland Waterways, Pipelines, Ports, Airports -Cultural Overview, Korean Peninsula Geographic Position, Borders and Neighbors, East Asia-Korean Peninsula Geography, Mountains, Lowlands, Major Rivers, Yellow Sea, Effects of Terrain on Military Operations, Climate & Effects on Military Operations, Vegetation & Effects on Military Operations, Surface Materials. MILITARY FORCES OF THE DPRK - General, National Military Organization, North Korean Army (NKA), North Korean Air Force (NKAF), North Korean Navy (NKN), Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Special Operations Force National Military Policy, Military Strategy, Military Doctrine Operational Level of War, Operational Level Offense, Exploitation Forces, Avenues of Approach, The Second Front, Operational Level Defense, NKA Tactics in the Offense, NKA Tactical Principles, NKA Tactical Formations in the Offense, NKA March Formation, NKA Attack Formation, NKA Tactical Frontages and Depths in the Offense, NKA Tactical Maneuver, Meeting Engagement, Movement to Contact, Deliberate Attack, Pursuit, Bypass, Night Attack, Armor Support to Offensive Operations, Artillery Support to Offensive Operations, Air Defense Support to Offensive Operations, Engineer Support to Offensive Operations, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Support to Offensive Operations, Amphibious Support to Offensive Operations, NKA Tactics in the Defense, Defensive Frontages and Depths, Positional Defense, Mobile Defense, Retrograde Operations, Counterattack, Escape From Encirclement (Breakout), Night Defense, Armor Support to Defensive Operations, Artillery Support to Defensive Operation, Engineer Support to Defensive Operations, Air Defense Support to Defensive Operations, North Korean Antilanding Operations, Special Operations Forces. A special feature of this reproduction: ten pages are printed in color, featuring a map of transportation lines in North Korea, and a set of nine pages of color drawings of North Korean insignia and uniforms - including enlisted rank insignia, Army Officer rank insignia, Army uniforms, Navy rank insignia, Navy uniforms, Air Force Rank insignia, Air Force uniforms, and Branch insignias.


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