Small World Missions: The Impact of Military Operations Other than War on Combat Readiness

Abstract

During the past decade, the end of the Cold War and the waxing Information revolution appear to have set in motion a tectonic cultural movement, both imperceptible and vast, that is changing both the way in which the military is used and the ends it is called upon to pursue. The essence of that cultural movement is a consensus among policymaking elites in the United States and like-minded nations that national power(diplomatic, economic, informational, and military) should be used to promote international stability and reshape other nations and cultures as open, pluralistic, market-oriented democracies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 1999
Accession Number
ADA444360

Entities

People

  • Rame Hemstreet

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combat Support
  • Deployment
  • Failed States
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Lessons Learned
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies