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050 00 $aJZ6368$b.M63 2013
100 1 $aMockaitis, Thomas R.,$d1955-$eauthor.
245 10 $aAvoiding the slippery slope :$bconducting effective interventions /$cThomas R. Mockaitis.
264 1 $aCarlisle, PA :$bStrategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press,$c[2013]
300 $aviii, 86 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aLetort papers
500 $a"June 2013."
530 $aAlso available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 76-86).
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
520 $aThis 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.
650 0 $aIntervention (International law)$vCase studies.
651 0 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bStrategic Studies Institute,$epublisher.
710 2 $aArmy War College (U.S.).$bPress,$epublisher.
830 0 $aLetort papers.
856 41 $uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1154