A Supreme Commander for the War on Terror

Abstract

This article considers the current U.S. military command structure for the war on terror, the nature of the enemy, and the institutional and cultural issues the United States faces to achieve unity of effort and command. It then draws on three historical examples that differ in scale and scope to show the pitfalls associated with commands structured for political reasons. In the end, none of the examples created unity. The article concludes with a vision for how a supreme command for the war on terror can be structured to provide unity of command for the military component of national power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA517523

Entities

People

  • Kevin D. Stringer

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil War
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Department Of Defense
  • Globalization
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies