Disaster and Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning from Rwanda

Abstract

The author examines policy and strategy implications of violence-induced human disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa with special emphasis on Rwanda. He argues that our senior military leaders, policymakers and strategists must better understand the African security environment. He also warns that to avoid overtaxing the military, U.S. objectives in African disaster relief must be limited. This combination of limited policy goals and operational efficiency will allow the U.S. military to serve public demands at a minimal cost to its other efforts. Sub-Saharan Africa, Rwanda, Human disasters, Disaster relief operations, EUCOM, Third World, Tutsi, Hutu, UNAR, RPF, OAU, Humanitarian relief.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 1994
Accession Number
ADA285320

Entities

People

  • Steven Metz

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil War
  • Combat Forces
  • Disasters
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Efficiency
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • National Security
  • Psychological Operations
  • Terrorists
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Violence
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Systems Analysis and Design