Legitimacy and New World Order Conflicts - Changes in a Force Selection Paradigm
Abstract
Operations other than war encompass a myriad of missions in support of achieving United States national objectives. They will most likely become the rule, rather than the exception, for United States forces in the age of the New World Order. The military must accept a paradigm change in the way it views the legitimacy of operations other than war. More importantly the Army must change the institutional image paradigm that focuses on combat arms as the basis for how it conceives of war. Changing these paradigms will better ensure that the appropriate type of force is applied to each contingency to achieve the desired end. The less martially dominant nature of future military contingencies will undoubtedly require the type of capabilities offered by non-combat arms organizations within the Army. A change in the Army's institutional image paradigm will better prepare it to make more appropriate force selection choices in future contingencies of the New World Order.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 05, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA264232
Entities
People
- Jonathan H. Cofer
Organizations
- United States Army War College