The political practice of "declaring victory and coming home" has provided a false and dangerous domestic impression of great success for US unilateral and multilateral interventions in failing and failed states around the world. The reality of such irresponsibility is that the root causes and the violent consequences of contemporary intranational conflict are left to smoulder and reignite at a later date with the accompanying human and physical waste. This book discusses why it is incumbent on the international community and individual powers involved in dealing with the chaos of the post-Cold War world to understand that such action requires a long-term, holistic and strategic approach. The intent of such an approach is to create and establish the proven internal conditions that can lead to a mandated peace and stability - with justice.
The key elements that define those conditions at the strateic level include: (1) the physical establishment of order and the rule of law; (2) the isolation of belligerents; (3) the regeneration of the economy; (4) the shaping of political consent; (5) fostering peaceful conflict resolution processes; (6) achieving a complete unity of effort toward stability; and (7) establishment and maintenance of a legitimate civil society. These essential dimensions of contemporary global security and stability requirements comprise a "new" paradigm that will, hopefully, initiate the process of rethinking both problem and response.
The political practice of "declaring victory and coming home" has provided a false and dangerous domestic impression of great success for US unilateral and multilateral interventions in failing and failed states around the world. The reality of such irresponsibility is that the root causes and the violent consequences of contemporary intranational conflict are left to smoulder and reignite at a later date with the accompanying human and physical waste. This book discusses why it is incumbent on the international community and individual powers involved in dealing with the chaos of the post-Cold War world to understand that such action requires a long-term, holistic and strategic approach. The intent of such an approach is to create and establish the proven internal conditions that can lead to a mandated peace and stability - with justice.
The key elements that define those conditions at the strateic level include: (1) the physical establishment of order and the rule of law; (2) the isolation of belligerents; (3) the regeneration of the economy; (4) the shaping of political consent; (5) fostering peaceful conflict resolution processes; (6) achieving a complete unity of effort toward stability; and (7) establishment and maintenance of a legitimate civil society. These essential dimensions of contemporary global security and stability requirements comprise a "new" paradigm that will, hopefully, initiate the process of rethinking both problem and response.
Preface
Introduction
A Multiplicity of Threats, A Paucity of Options: The Global
Security Environment at the End of the 20th Century by Richard L.
Millet
Defense and Offense in Peace and Stability Operations by Max
Manwaring and E. G. Corr
The Essential Internal "Defensive" Conditions that Lead to
Mandated Peace and Stability with Justice
The Establishment of Order and the Rule of Law: Legitimacy in the
Traditional Operations (NTOs) by Thomas K. Adams
Isolating the Belligerents: A Key to Success in the
Post-Counterinsurgency Era by Anthony James Joes
Sustaining Life, Relieving Suffering, and Regenerating the Economy
by Arthur E. Dewey
Moving from the "Defense" to the Offense
Military Intelligence and the Problem of Legitimacy: Opening the
Model by Everett C. Dolman
Beyond Jointness: Civil-Military Cooperation in Achieving the
Desired End-State by John T. Fishel
A Grand National Security Strategy for Legitimate Governance and
Crises Prevention by Robert M. Herrick
Legitimate Civil Society and Conflict Prevention: Let's Get Serious
by Dayton L. Maxwell
Coping with Chaos in the Post-Cold War High Operational and
Strategic Security Environments
The Anarchic State vs. the Community of Nations: The Real Cleavage
in International Security by Michael J. Dziedzic
America Coping with Chaos at the Strategic Level: Facilitator for
Democratic Stability in the Post-Counterinsurgency Era by Joseph N.
McBride
Responding to the Failed State: Strategic Triage by Robert H.
Dorff
Where To from Here?
Some Final Thoughts by E. G. Corr and Max Manwaring
Bibliography
Index
MAX G. MANWARING is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at
Dickinson College, an Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Army
Peacekeeping Institute, and a retired U.S. Army colonel. He has
served in various civil and military positions, and is the author
of numerous books, articles, and reports dealing with national and
global security issues.
ANTHONY JAMES JOES is Chairman of the International Relations
Program at St. Joseph's University. He has served in various civil
and military positions, and is the author of numerous books,
articles, and reports dealing with national and global security
issues.
"Once again, Max Manwaring, working with Anthony Joes, has
assembled in a coherent and easily readable text the thoughts of
practitioners, theorists, and scholars. They argue that in peace
and stability operations the United States should adopt a
long-term, holistic and strategic approach to create and establish
conditions that can lead to a mandated peace and stability with
justice. Those seeking a pragmatic and successful foreign policy
for the United States in coping with the myriad of international
conflicts of the post-cold war world should read this well-reasoned
and "lessons-learned" text--both for enjoyment and enlightenment.
It is especially pertinent for policy-makers."-Edward J. Perkins
Executive Director International Programs Center University of
Oklahoma
"Operations such as Bosnia and Kosovo are a precursor to those the
US military will face in the next 10 years. This book provides
insights from some of the foremost experts, both military and
nonmilitary, and is a must read for those who will lead our forces
into this uncertain future."-Lt. General William G. Carter Former
U.S. Commander in Bosnia
"This impressive work should be required reading for scholars and
policy makers who wish to understand the new era of warfare. It
should also be a primary source of ideas for those diplomats and
soldiers who must plan for, fight, or otherwise attempt to manage
conflict in this new environment."-Douglas Bland Associate
Professor and Chair of Defence Management Studies Queens
University
"This is a fundamental work for policy makers, practitioners,
scholars and journalists who wish an informed, innovative and
judicious analysis of the dilemmas and variables involved in
managing internal conflict as a struggle over political
legitimacy."-David C. Jordon Professor University of Virginia
.,."an important contribution to the study of post-cold war
security."-Comtemporary Security Policy
?...an important contribution to the study of post-cold war
security.?-Comtemporary Security Policy
..."an important contribution to the study of post-cold war
security."-Comtemporary Security Policy
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