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Format: 1 online resource (viii, xvi, 261 pages).

ISBN: 9780231526821 (ebook) :

Series Statement: Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare

Content: Defined as operations other than war, stability operations can include peacekeeping activities, population control, and counter-narcotics efforts, and for the entire history of the United States military, they have been considered a dangerous distraction if not an outright drain on combat resources. Yet in 2005, the US Department of Defense reversed its stance on these practices, a dramatic shift in the mission of the armed forces and their role in foreign and domestic affairs. This book examines the military's sudden embrace of stability operations and its implications for US foreign policy and war.

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780231153256

Language: English

URL: Columbia scholarship online

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Format: Online-Ressource (281 p)

Edition: Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780231153249

Series Statement: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

Content: Defined as operations other than war, stability operations can include peacekeeping activities, population control, and counternarcotics efforts, and for the entire history of the United States military, they have been considered a dangerous distraction if not an outright drain on combat resources. Yet in 2005, the U.S. Department of Defense reversed its stance on these practices, a dramatic shift in the mission of the armed forces and their role in foreign and domestic affairs. With the elevation of stability operations, the job of the American armed forces is no longer just to win battles bu

Note: Description based upon print version of record , CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Mission Creep Writ Large: The U.S. Military's Embrace of Stability Operations; 1. Stability Operations in Context; Defining Stability Operations; The History of Stability Operations; Stability Operations Debates; Stability Operations: Unique Requirements; Conclusion; 2. Doctrine and Stability Operations; Stability Operations' Doctrinal Development; Stability Operations in Post-Cold War Doctrine; Stability Operations in Doctrine Today; Full-Spectrum Operations; FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency; and FM 3-07, Stability Operations , A Brief Observation: SOF and Stability Operations DoctrineConclusion; 3. Practical Adjustments to Achieve Doctrinal Requirements; Force Structure; Training and Education; Procurement; Stability Operations' Equipment Requirements; Conclusion; 4. Explaining the Military's Mission Revolution; Securitized Instability; Institutional Privileging; The Military's Embrace of Stability Operations; 5. Implications of Mission Revolution; Peacetime Extension: GCCs; Fill-the-Gap Operations: Iraq and Afghanistan; COIN: A Microcosm; Conclusion; 6. A New World Order?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231526821

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780231153256

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mission Revolution : The U.S. Military and Stability Operations

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books

URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)

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Format: 1 online resource (281 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-15325-2 , 0-231-52682-2

Series Statement: Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare

Content: Defined as operations other than war, stability operations can include peacekeeping activities, population control, and counternarcotics efforts, and for the entire history of the United States military, they have been considered a dangerous distraction if not an outright drain on combat resources. Yet in 2005, the U.S. Department of Defense reversed its stance on these practices, a dramatic shift in the mission of the armed forces and their role in foreign and domestic affairs. With the elevation of stability operations, the job of the American armed forces is no longer just to win battles but to create a controlled, nonviolent space for political negotiations and accord. Yet rather than produce revolutionary outcomes, stability operations have resulted in a large-scale mission creep with harmful practical and strategic consequences. Jennifer Morrison Taw examines the military's sudden embrace of stability operations and its implications for American foreign policy and war. Through a detailed examination of deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, changes in U.S. military doctrine, adaptations in force preparation, and the political dynamics behind this new stance, Taw connects the preference for stability operations to the far-reaching, overly ambitious American preoccupation with managing international stability. She also shows how domestic politics have reduced civilian agencies' capabilities while fostering an unhealthy overreliance on the military. Introducing new concepts such as securitized instability and institutional privileging, Taw builds a framework for understanding and analyzing the expansion of the American armed forces' responsibilities in an ever-changing security landscape.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , List of Abbreviations -- , Introduction. Mission Creep Writ Large -- , 1. Stability Operations in Context -- , 2. Doctrine and Stability Operations -- , 3. Practical Adjustments to Achieve Doctrinal Requirements -- , 4. Explaining the Military's Mission Revolution -- , 5. Implications of Mission Revolution -- , 6. A New World Order? -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-322-44535-4

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-231-15324-4

Language: English

DOI: 10.7312/taw-15324