Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Military perspective on coalition challenges during stability operations
|
|---|
| Other authors / contributors: | National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Rand Corporation.
|
|---|
| ISBN: | 9780833059864
0833059866
9780833047694
0833047698
1280126981
9781280126987
9786613530844
6613530840
|
|---|
| Digital file characteristics: | data file
|
|---|
| Notes: | "National Defense Research Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-131).
English.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed on November 22, 2011).
|
|---|
| Summary: | Counterinsurgency and other stability operations seldom present a nation with trials that threaten its very survival, barring cases in which that nation is the target of insurgents. Bonds between coalition members are therefore weaker than when threat of annihilation reinforces mutual dependence. Such situations are further complicated by the use of force likely not being the primary implement for attaining ultimate success. Devoid of a preeminent threat and denied primary dependence on armed forces, core coalition objectives tend to be political rather than military in character and include counterinsurgency, nation building, developing government capacity, and providing humanitarian assistance -- activities often associated with stability operations. Armed forces are not staffed or trained to meet the long-term demands of many of these tasks. An alliance or coalition must therefore incorporate participation by other government agencies and -- ultimately -- that of the indigenous government and its population more than is expected during conventional combat operations. Recent contingencies have also seen commercial enterprises, militias, intergovernmental organizations, and nongovernmental organizations become key participants in these undertakings. The result is coalitions of a size seldom seen and with a number of affiliations rarely, if ever, approached before the late 20th century. This monograph investigates the dramatic expansion of challenges confronting alliances and coalitions today and thereafter considers potential solutions that include questioning the conception of what constitutes a coalition in today's world.
|
|---|
| Other form: | Print version: Glenn, Russell W. Band of brothers or dysfunctional family? Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, 2011 0833047698
|
|---|
