Military Involvement in Humanitarian Assistance Operations, Is It a Distractor to or, in Our Strategic Interests?

Abstract

The nation cannot undertake a National Security Strategy of 'Engagement and Enlargement' without continued participation in humanitarian assistance operations. This paper will demonstrate how the military's participation is supportive of the National Security Strategy and the historical tradition of military participation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326522

Entities

People

  • Vincent E. Boles

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army Personnel
  • Combat Readiness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Disasters
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies