Peace Enforcement: Square Peg in a Round Hole.

Abstract

International peace and security are 'ends' to our National Security Strategy. Peace enforcement operations are the 'Ways' of achieving these ends. The 'means', unlike other peace operations, is predominantly, although not exclusively, the military. Our military operations other than war doctrine erroneously includes peace enforcement. It is clearly a warfighting task. This study analyzes peace enforcement in relation to our doctrinal intent, the propensity to confuse peace enforcement with peacekeeping, and the principles of war and peace operations. The paper also highlights contradictions in our National and Military Strategies and provides a U.S. cultural perspective on control of these operations. The range of military operations, definitions of war, and some thoughts on new models round out the argument. The study's intent is to generate the debate necessary for doctrinal change.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308491

Entities

People

  • William W. Taylor Iii

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Doctrine
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Periodicals
  • Security
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.