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"The authors assess the utility and limitations of "minimalist stabilization"--Small-scale interventions designed to stabilize a partner government engaged in violent conflict. They propose policy recommendations concerning when minimalist stabilization missions may be appropriate and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Watts, Stephen (Stephen Baldwin)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, ©2012.
©2012
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Temas:
Limited war > Case studies.
Intervention (International law)
Counterinsurgency > Case studies.
Military assistance > Case studies.
Guerre limitée > Études de cas.
Intervention (Droit international)
Contre-rébellion > Études de cas.
Assistance militaire > Études de cas.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Counterinsurgency.
Limited war.
Military assistance.
United States > Armed Forces > Stability operations > Evaluation.
United States.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Arguments for and against minimalist stabilization
  • Overview of results of minimalist stabilization
  • Case studies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Cases and coding notes.
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Background: Weak and Failed States and the Problem of Intervention; Weariness with Large-Scale Nation-Building; The Growing Consensus in Favor of Minimalist Stabilization; Moving Beyond the Current Debate; The Concept of Minimalist Stabilization; Approach; CHAPTER TWO: Arguments For and Against Minimalist Stabilization; Costs and Sustainability; Nationalist Backlashes and Golden Hours; Dependency, Adaptability, and Transformation; Control and Escalation.
  • ConclusionCHAPTER THREE: Overview of the Results of Minimalist Stabilization; Analytic Framework; Empirical Scope of the Research; Military Outcomes: Defining Success; Stabilizing Interventions; Operational Environments; Empirical Results; Outcomes in the Absence of Intervention; Where Do States Intervene?; Consequences of Minimalist Stabilization; Understanding the Role of Operational Environments; Large Interventions; Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR: Case Studies; El Salvador and the FMLN, 1979-1991; Conflict Narrative; Significant Characteristics of the Operational Environment.
  • Results of the U.S. InterventionConclusions; Colombia and the FARC, 1978 to the Present; Conflict Narrative; Significant Characteristics of the Operational Environment; Conclusions; Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines, 2002 to the Present; Conflict Narrative; Significant Characteristics of the Operational Environment; Results of the U.S. Intervention; Conclusions; Central African Republic, 1996-1997; Conflict Narrative; Significant Characteristics of the Operational Environment; Conclusions; In Sum; CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusion; The Value of Intervention; Improving the Probability of Success.
  • Implications for U.S. Partnership StrategiesImplications for U.S. Defense Restructuring; APPENDIX: A. Cases and Coding Notes; Bibliography.

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