This study seeks to answer the question: How effective were U.N. peacekeeping operations in the disputed areas of "Yugoslavia" in 1992? In doing so, the study embraces three themes. First, it explores the causes of the Yugoslav Conflict. Second, it...
Historical examples are an expedient way to develop an understanding of operational art theory and concepts. A historical illustration of both operational success and failure is the Korean War. Several aspects of the Korean War remain relevant to...
This monograph examines current U.S. peacekeeping doctrine in light of recent world events. With a lessening of east-west tensions, international organizations such as the UN have become more active in collective security issues. As these...
In June 1993, shortly after the United Nations forces transitioned control from UNITAF, I deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia to support UNOSOM II with PSYOP operations. This was the first time the U.N.’s mandate had ever allowed for peace...
The United Nations’ (UN) use of combat troops as a peacekeeping force has always been an extremely controversial issue throughout history. Those who support this concept point to the many successes of combat troops used in this role such as...
U.S. military intervention in other countries became a fact of life, indeed an expectation, during the twentieth century. Since World War II, in fact, our country has had troops stationed in one country or another. This is true despite the fact...
This paper will examine the struggle that Somalia had to endure along with internal conflict and weak economy and different situation for its people. Somalia has no legal system in place and the country is split. Somalia is basically ruled by the...
I was assigned to the 8th Finance Battalion during its support of Operation Joint Guardian. Following the withdrawal of Yugoslav forces from Kosovo, the U.N. Security Council endorsed Resolution 1244. It called for an international security...
A strong international commitment to the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities was a central theme of the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke’s life and work. Last month, the Obama administration created an Atrocities Prevention Board, citing...
This study analyzes the strategic effectiveness of special operations conducted by the Far East Command (FECOM) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Korea during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1953. Each organization's effectiveness is...
This monograph examines Joint Task Force (JTF) SUPPORT HOPE operations to determine if aspects of this crisis response apply to all U.S. power projection operations. It provides an overview of the crisis and JTF support of U.N. and NGO relief...
This monograph addresses whether current peace enforcement doctrine (the threat or use of force to compel compliance, in order to maintain or restore peace and support political settlement) is inclusive of historical (ancient) principles. By...
This monograph examines the transition from peace enforcement to peacekeeping operations. Since the beginning of the post-Cold War era, the number of United Nations peace operations has risen dramatically. Unlike most peace operations of the Cold...
This paper analyzes the doctrinal relationship between peacemaking and peacekeeping operations. Since WWII we have witnessed a rise in the frequency of "Low-Intensity Conflicts" (LIC). Two types of operations conducted in response to this type of...
This monograph examines force protection and how it affects maneuver in SASO. In recent deployments around the world commanders have stated that force protection is their number one concern. Therefore this monograph examines how force protection...