Accession Number:

AD1058512

Title:

Corruption, Legitimacy, And Stability: Implications For The U.S. Army

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Research Paper]

Corporate Author:

U.S. Army War College

Personal Author(s):

• Keene, Shima D

Report Date:

2017-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

83

Abstract:

Corruption increases the level of instability and the risk of conflict by undermining the legitimacy and credibility of state institutions as well as of peacekeeping and state-building interventions by the international community, to include the U.S. Army. Post-conflict states, or states emerging from conflict, are particularly vulnerable to corruption, due to the lack of good governance infrastructures, which makes it difficult to detect, disrupt, or bring about successful prosecutions against those who are involved in activities such as bribery, extortion, false accounting, and embezzlement.

Descriptors:

• national security
• personnel management
• employment
• failed states
• international law
• societies
• army personnel
• criminals
• governments
• law
• military organizations
• military personnel
• money
• united states
• warfare
• business administration
• contractors
• crime
• education
• fixed wing aircraft

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]