In Search of Lasting Results: Military War Termination Doctrine

Abstract

In the current war on terrorism, the President of the United States has specifically identified two former wartime enemies of the United States as members of an evil axis. The regimes ruling these two states (North Korea and Iraq) are the same ones that existed when the United States fought conventional wars against them. The primary research question asks, Did doctrine address at the time, or has it evolved to address, the issues of war termination which have created a 50+ year armistice in Korea and a 10+ year undeclared war against Iraq? The monograph distinguishes war termination from the broader term of conflict termination to avoid discussing certain forms of international conflict beyond the scope of military doctrine. The method of evaluation uses the war termination issues identified among the three levels of examining the causes of war proposed by Kenneth Waltz, as well as several considerations dealing with military force, surrender, and negotiation identified in previous literature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 2002
Accession Number
ADA403681

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  • James H. Raymer

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  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security