Achieving Unity of Effort in Multinational Peace Operations: A Strategic Review.

Abstract

The complex security environment makes unity of command difficult to achieve at the strategic level. Unity of effort has become the central means of ensuring unified direction at the strategic and operational levels. Multinational peace operations, in particular, increase the number of actors and exacerbate the difficulties in achieving unified direction. The study examines how unity of effort is achieved at the strategic level within multinational peace operations. To achieve the objective of multinational and multiagency cooperation, this study examines the concepts of unity of command and unity of effort, reviews the problem of focus, and then proposes mechanisms that contribute to focus and coordinated execution. The study recommends options to achieve greater unity of effort at the strategic level for the 21st Century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326951

Entities

People

  • Darrell L. Roll

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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