Understanding complex military operations: a case study approach

by Civic, Melanne A. Franke, Volker Guttieri, Karen

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Full title :Understanding complex military operations : a case study approach / edited by Volker Franke, Karen Guttieri, and Melanne Civic.

Summary

"This volume provides materials for active learning about peacebuilding and conflict management in the context of complex stability operations, using a comparative case study methodology.Complex operations are collaborative and coordinated military and civilian agency activities executed to restore stability to fragile states, and to aid the transition to democratic governance operating under the rule of law. All actors engaged in complex stability operations need to understand the requirements for effective civil-military and interagency coordination from different perspectives (military, civilian, diplomacy, development, allied, local). Effective conflict prevention and transformation requires greater coherence between security, governance and development policies along with enhanced coordination among governmental agencies and with local, regional and international partners (as in 'smart power' -- pursuing the right tools for each operational context). Conflict management strategies and whole-of-government approaches are closely connected. In fragile states and post-conflict societies, security, governance and development are challenges that need to be addressed simultaneously and in coordinated fashion. As a consequence of the multitude of threats, actors and tasks in such operations, decisions will cut across a wide range of social, political and cultural domestic and global issues and demand cognitive flexibility, adaptability and the ability to make decisions 'on the fly'. The need for strategic and operational decision-making at every turn requires that the actors -- military and civilian alike -- acquire the mental agility, interpersonal maturity and cross-cultural savvy. These competencies need to be ingrained into the readily available skill sets for military and civilian leaders so they become second-nature to their decision-making. The case studies in this volume integrate research -- theoretical and empirical -- that effectively identifies patterns of conflict, characteristics of complex operations and conditions for their effective conduct. It thereby provides educational materials for introducing and actively engaging students and practitioners in the intricacies of contemporary national security decision-making. This volume will be of much interest to students of conflict prevention, transitional justice, peacebuilding, security studies and professionals conducting field-based operations in potentially hazardous environments."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England]
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781134715565, 1134715560, 9781315881577, 1315881578, 1306530490, 9781306530491
oclc:ocn874967665
LC Classification:U167.5.S68
Dewey Decimal:355.4/6

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 Complex operations: connecting scholarship and practice; PART I Policy questions; 2 The road to good intentions: British nation-building in Aden; 3 The Declarations of Independence: the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; 4 Mozambique: a chance for peace; 5 Basra: dilemmas and force options; PART II Security providers; 6 Security by contractor: outsourcing in peace and stability operations; 7 Leading healing in a broken unit.

8 Right and wrong, balanced on the edge of a spear: U.S. forces at a mosque in BaghdadPART III Coordination challenges; 9 The Kuwait Task Force: postconflict planning and interagency coordination; 10 Dynamics of humanitarian assistance: Civil Affairs in the Horn of Africa; 11 CORDS campaign of pacification; 12 Security by drones: the global market for remote-controlled warfare; PART IV Security and development program challenges; 13 Dynamic tension: security, stability, and the opium trade; 14 A penny for your thoughts, a nickel for your heart: buying popular support for counterinsurgency.

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Subjects

Armed Forces -- Case studies. -- Stabil… Armed Forces -- Stability operations Återuppbyggnad efter krig Case studies Conflict management Conflict management -- Case studies Consolidation de la paix -- Études de c… Coordination interinstitutionnelle -- É… Forces armées -- Études de cas. -- Opér… Fredsbevarande operationer Fredsbyggande Gestion des conflits -- Études de cas HISTORY -- Military Integrated operations (Military science) Integrated operations (Military science… Interagency coordination Interagency coordination -- Case studie… Militära operationer Nation-building Nation-building -- Case studies