Focused Decision Making in an Ambiguous World: Defining Criteria for the Use of U.S. Force Abroad
Abstract
The United States is currently undergoing two periods of simultaneous transition the first involving significant changes in the international environment, the second centered around a transformation in the U.S. domestic political agenda. Within the context of these transitional events, the Clinton Administration is now being forced to deal with exceptionally complex situations involving the potential use of U.S. military force without the benefit of a workable framework for use of force decision making. In the view of the author, the absence of such a framework deprives the country's leadership of a critically essential tool of national security policy. Without further delay, this administration must move toward the establishment of a use of force philosophy that will enable it to engage in focused decision making concerning the commitment of U.S. force abroad in the ambiguous international environment of today's world.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA443191
Entities
People
- David E. Graham
Organizations
- National War College