Policy Development Under Fire. Explaining How U.S. Forces May Serve Under Foreign Command

Abstract

At the end of the Cold War, President Bush proclaimed a "New world order"1 Considering this new order, many nations, too include the United States, thought the United Nation's (UN) could play a larger role in solving world calamities and anarchic conditions This was especially true for UN peace-keeping operations While on the campaign trail, candidate Bill Clinton joined the chorus calling for a greater UN role in the post cold war era He suggested establishing a UN "rapid deployment force"2 that would stand guard "at the border of countries threatened by aggression preventing mass violence against civilian populations and combating terrorism."3 His words produced images of a force similar to that in the above New York Times quote As one of the first acts of his administration, President Clinton set out to draft a United States (U S) peace-keeping policy in that view.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA443820

Entities

People

  • John Reichart
  • Nolen V. Bivens
  • William Angerman

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Deployment
  • Directives
  • Foreign Policy
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Peacekeeping
  • Rapid Deployment
  • Security
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies