Paved with Good Intentions: American Military Intervention in the Contemporary World.

Abstract

Guidelines restraining American military intervention may preclude the imprudent use of force. U.S. doctrine limiting military intervention, developed under Caspar Weinberger and refined under Colin Powell, has slowly devolved during the post Cold War era. Criteria found politically or militarily inconvenient were discarded under the Clinton Administration. This has contributed to foreign policy drift and unneeded world instability. Under the new defacto "Doability Doctrine," military power is employed in flexible ways, to address limited, ill-defined goals. Kosovo is only the latest example. After analyzing the costs and benefits of various options, the author argues the need for guidelines, explains options and offers proposals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1999
Accession Number
ADA372767

Entities

People

  • John E. Byington

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Cold War
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Foreign Policy
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design