Army Peacekeepers: Warriors with Special Skills

Abstract

The Duke of Wellington is reputed to have claimed, "Great countries don't fight small wars." However, great countries don't become great, and stay great, without maintaining presence, engagement, and the ability to protect its interests both at home and abroad in times of peace, crisis, and war. For the United States, the mission of presence, engagement, and defense abroad has largely been assigned to the armed forces. It is the demonstrated and proven strategic reach of the U.S. military in supporting diplomatic engagement, protecting global economic presence, and fighting and winning our nation's wars that maintains the superpower status of the United States today. But, as developing nations attempt to define their role in the new balance of world power, and as ethnic, religious, and tribal conflicts continue to flare, the United States, as a world leader, must now, more than ever, remain engaged in regional "small wars" and peace operations to promote democratic stability, enhance economic development, protect U.S. interests, and prevent major regional conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA441495

Entities

People

  • Mark W. Perrin

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Army Training
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combat Support
  • International Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies