Force Without War....Joint Civilian-Military Coordination Key to Foreign Policy Success
Abstract
Clearly a major strength of our nation's power base is the armed forces. The best trained, equipped, and most lethal military force in the world. This superiority combined with the will to use power forms the basis for a very credible, potent, reliable, and historically effective statecraft instrument. The focus of this essay is threefold: first to provide a brie description of the various aspects of the military instrument or the strategist to consider. For example: strengths, weaknesses, benefits, costs and political conditions for effective use. Second, to examine the senior civilian-military coordination process when military forces are considered for use in support of diplomatic objectives. Specifically, discuss the context of the friction and some ideas or recommendations to reduce tension... setting the conditions for a greater cooperative and integrated approach. Finally, to propose a structured model for the civilian-military decision makers to use.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 12, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA441581
Entities
People
- Thomas J. Roth
Organizations
- National War College