Military Contingency Operations: The Lessons of Political-Military Coordination

Abstract

This thesis investigates the utility of conventional military intervention by Western powers in achieving their short-term foreign policy aims. Through a survey of the literature of political-military coordination, case studies of contingency force interventions, and comparative analysis of the interventions, factors fundamental to successful contingency operations are developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 06, 1975
Accession Number
ADB006030

Entities

People

  • Wesley K. Clark

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Civil War
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Foreign Policy
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies