Peace Operations-Peacekeeping Versus Peace Enforcement: Why the Dilemma

Abstract

The dissolution of the former Soviet Union has resulted in new political and military challenges for the United States. Instability and regional threats throughout the world have caused the current administration to change the way this country views its national interests and the strategy to protect those interests. Since the cold war rivalry has evaporated, it can no longer form the basis that ties together U.S. strategy and policy. The post-cold war system is full of unknowns and in many ways is more difficult and misunderstood. not only by the American people and the media, but by policy makers as well. There is, however one thing that is no longer an unknown to the American people and to policy makers, and that is the UN and the US will inevitably continue to become more involved in peace operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA440663

Entities

People

  • Lawrence C. Rose Jr.

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cambodia
  • Case Studies
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Defense Industry
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Law
  • New York
  • Peacekeeping
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Universities
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies