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Avoiding the slippery slope : conducting effective interventions
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Books/Printed Material |
|---|---|
| Author | Mockaitis, Thomas R. |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Temporal Coverage | 2013 |
| Description | Table of Contents: Introduction -- Military intervention in U.S. history. Era of gunboat diplomacy -- The Cold War -- The post-Cold War era -- Analytical framework. Somalia -- Haiti -- Bosnia -- Kosovo -- Libya -- Noninterventions. Rwanda -- Syria -- Patterns and possibilities. Where to intervene -- When to intervene -- How to intervene -- Follow-on missions -- Exit strategy -- Balancing considerations -- Implications for U.S. land power -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | This Letort Paper covers U.S. military interventions in civil conflicts since the end of the Cold War. It defines intervention as the use of military force to achieve a specific objective (i.e., deliver humanitarian aid, support revolutionaries or insurgents, protect a threatened population, etc.) and focuses on the phase of the intervention in which kinetic operations occurred. The analysis considers five conflicts in which the United States intervened: Somalia (1992-93), Haiti (1994), Bosnia (1995), Kosovo (1999), and Libya (2011). It also reviews two crises in which Washington might have intervened but chose not to: Rwanda (1994) and Syria (2011-12). The author examines each case using five broad analytical questions: 1. Could the intervention have achieved its objective at an acceptable cost in blood and treasure? 2. What policy considerations prompted the intervention? 3. How did the United States intervene? 4. Was the intervention followed by a Phase 4 stability operation? and, 5. Did Washington have a viable exit strategy? From analysis of these cases, the author derives lessons that may guide policy makers in deciding when, where, and how to intervene in the future. |
| Page Count | 86 |
| ISBN | 1584875720 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, publisher. Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher. |
| Publisher Place | Carlisle, PA |
| Part of Series | Catalog |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Case Studies Foreign Relations Intervention (international Law) Military Policy United States |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Intervention (International law)--Case studies |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--Military policy |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | United States--Foreign relations--1989 |
| Subject Domain (in LCC) | JZ6368 .M63 2013 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Book |
