Planning for Conflict Termination.

Abstract

Joint Pub 3-0 identifies the need to plan for conflict termination but our experiences in conflict demonstrate that more comprehensive planning needs to be done in terminating conflicts. The strategic outcome of the Gulf War reveals deficiencies in conflict termination planning. The Japanese planning in the Russo-Japanese War evidenced a clear strategy for ending that conflict. Examination of these experiences provides lessons we can use to improve planning for conflict termination. This is an area where most planning staffs do not concentrate or excel. Our primary focus has been and is the military victory which does not ensure the political victory. The role of military strategy in conflict termination is to end the conflict at the least cost and transition to post-conflict activities to ensure achievement of the desired end state. With current guidance the military planners will continue to face a difficult task in formulating conflict termination strategies. This paper will present recommendations for planning war termination strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA328086

Entities

People

  • Bruce W. Sudduth

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Bargaining
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Strategy
  • National Governments
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Security
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  • War
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  • Sociology

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  • Strategic Security Studies