Avoiding the Leviathan: A Strategy to Limit Post-Conflict Normative Breakdown

Abstract

This study examines the challenges of maintaining security and stability during the normative breakdown associated with post-conflict society. The study first identifies the characteristics of a culture that contribute to the susceptibility of a society to large-scale post-conflict violence, lawlessness, and insurgency. It then identifies actions by the occupying force that may prevent or contribute to the normative breakdown and possible subsequent violence following a conflict. The study uses anomie theory to analyze the conditions in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and the conditions of other post-conflict societies to answer these questions. Finally, the study will provide recommendations for planning and executing stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589280

Entities

People

  • Roger P. Hedgepeth

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Crime
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Iraqi-War
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Transitions
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • Violence
  • War
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Strategic Security Studies