Unity of Action Through a Whole of Society Approach

Abstract

The nature of the contemporary Joint Operational Environment (JOE) and likely projected futures present U.S. Joint Forces with considerable strategic planning and resourcing challenges. These challenges combined with pressure for smaller defense budgets will require integrated whole of government planning and execution and demand significant resource innovation to effectively meet existing and emerging threats. Peace building activities play a decisive role in the long term efforts to stabilize and build governance capacity in failed and failing states. This combined with a transition from contingency based panning to conflict prevention planning reinforces the need for an integrated approach leveraging unique complimentary non military organizations. This study examines the roll of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), as a strategic partner and offers the whole of society approach for harmonizing their unique contributions to achieve unity of action in strategic planning and execution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 2011
Accession Number
ADA543097

Entities

People

  • Christopher G. Hall

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Information Exchange
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Students
  • Terrorists
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.