Humanitarian Operations and the Middle East: The Hostility Factor

Abstract

As America's military leaders are becoming more deeply involved in the study of operations other than war and are drafting doctrine to cover, the author examines aspects of these operations (humanitarian support operations, domestic support, and peacekeeping operations). The author explores current positions expressed by the Arab and Iranian press with regard to operations like PROVIDE COMFORT and RESTORE HOPE, and urges U.S. military and political leaders to become aware of these hostile perceptions. He suggests ways on which the United States may successfully address the growing hostility and concludes with a warning--even the best-intentioned humanitarian operations are potential Quagmires into which U.S. forces can easily be drawn.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265854

Entities

People

  • Stephen C. Pelletiere

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • California
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • International Relations
  • Kurds
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Persian Gulf
  • Political Science
  • Political Theory
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.