U.S. Africa Command: Shaping Africa for the Future

Abstract

The emergence of Africa as a front on the Global War on Terror has elevated the importance of Phase Zero and shaping operations in this region. It is argued the current Unified Command Plan is ill designed to address the complexities of the continent of Africa and that a proposed United States Africa Command would be better positioned to leverage the advantages of a robust, cohesive Theater Security Cooperation Plan. This new division of Areas of Responsibilities can be analyzed in terms of operational art and the principle of warfare and finally concludes that it is time for the United States to focus a renewed attention on African issues and that the designation of a new Combatant Commander would be a demonstrable statement of our concern.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 23, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463683

Entities

People

  • Hans Sholley

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Continents
  • Failed States
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Africa Command
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.