Contributions

  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute. - Contributor

Publication

1993 - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

10,000 words, Guess

Page Count

40 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC327.1/72
  • LCCUA12 .S63 1993

Description

The author examines the bases of American military participation in the array of Third World activities falling under the general rubric of peacekeeping and peace-enforcement. The relevance of this inquiry was underscored by President Clinton in his Inaugural Address, when he added situations where "the will and conscience of the international community are defied" to traditional vital interests and as times when American military force might be employed. He considers the major instances in the post-cold war world where so-called humanitarian interventions have occurred or may occur: the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, Somalia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The author then examines the effects of these actions on the principle of sovereignty. He next turns to the emerging roles of peacekeeping and peace-enforcement and the conceptual and practical differences between them, and concludes with some cautionary lessons for the Army.

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