Accession Number:

ADB006030

Title:

Military Contingency Operations: The Lessons of Political-Military Coordination

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

Personal Author(s):

• Clark, Wesley K.

Report Date:

1975-06-06

Pagination or Media Count:

170.0

Abstract:

This thesis investigates the utility of conventional military intervention by Western powers in achieving their short-term foreign policy aims. Through a survey of the literature of political-military coordination, case studies of contingency force interventions, and comparative analysis of the interventions, factors fundamental to successful contingency operations are developed.

Descriptors:

• *FOREIGN POLICY
• *MILITARY OPERATIONS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• LEADERSHIP
• MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• THESES
• GEOPOLITICS
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• INSURGENCY
• COMMUNISTS
• WAR POTENTIAL
• COUNTERINSURGENCY
• DOCTRINE
• DETERRENCE
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• SOUTH KOREA
• COMMUNISM
• SOUTH VIETNAM
• NORTH VIETNAM
• LIMITED WARFARE
• TACTICAL WARFARE
• THREAT EVALUATION
• THREATS
• GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• DECISION MAKING
• MILITARY STRATEGY
• NORTH KOREA

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE