Planning For Conflict Termination
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| Author | : Bruce W. Sudduth |
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| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : War |
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Joint Pub 3-0 identifies the need to plan for conflict termination but our experiences in conflict demonstrate that more comprehensive planning needs to be done in terminating conflicts. The strategic outcome of the Gulf War reveals deficiencies in conflict termination planning. The Japanese planning in the Russo-Japanese War evidenced a clear strategy for ending that conflict. Examination of these experiences provides lessons we can use to improve planning for conflict termination. This is an area where most planning staffs do not concentrate or excel. Our primary focus has been and is the military victory which does not ensure the political victory. The role of military strategy in conflict termination is to end the conflict at the least cost and transition to post-conflict activities to ensure achievement of the desired end state. With current guidance the military planners will continue to face a difficult task in formulating conflict termination strategies. This paper will present recommendations for planning war termination strategies.
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| Release | : 2002 |
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Although the Armed Forces have proven themselves a capable policy instrument the Nation has always struggled with conflict termination. America has often prevailed military while failing to achieve policy goals quickly and efficiently. A scan of joint publications suggests that military professionals embrace the idea of a termination strategy but doctrine offers little practical help. It is time to take the next step creating an interagency organization and practices that can effectively conduct termination planning. Each regional commander in chief (CINC) should have a standing interagency team to act as an operations transition planning cell. This element must include members well versed in the application of the military diplomatic informational, and economic instruments of national power.
| Author | : Frederick J. Ourso |
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| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Military planning |
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| Author | : Dominic J. Caraccilo |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2011-01-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0313391505 |
This work is a doctrinal examination of war termination strategy and conflict resolution as a dependent pair, requiring a plan to achieve both in unison in advance of a fight. The necessity of a plan for conflict resolution should be intuitively obvious for policymakers, yet a survey of recent conflicts, including Afghanistan and Iraq, shows that not to be the case. Beyond Guns and Steel: A War Termination Strategy provides a practical approach to establishing a plan for war termination and conflict resolution before the bullets fly. In explaining the difference between strategy and policy, Colonel Dominic J. Caraccilo clarifies the most important, and often the most constraining, element of a nation's power—its resources. He posits that termination strategy and conflict resolution are interdependent and need to be included in conflict plans from the outset. Caraccilo's book fills a void in current strategy for the development of long-term plans that bring conflicts to timely and acceptable conclusions, providing a methodology that allows interagency requirements and resources for war termination to be defined, allocated, and employed effectively.
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| Release | : 1995 |
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The expression 'War Termination' has been received with an admixture of reactions ranging from idealism and acceptance, to skepticism and cynicism, to outright opposition. This is largely due to a lack of clear definition of terms. Conflict termination is a process that addresses and attempts to correct the fundamental root causes of dispute to lessen the likelihood of again resorting to armed conflict once a settlement is reached. This research paper analyzes both historic and current conflict termination planning and execution processes, draws conclusions and proposes an annex for DOD Joint Publication 5-03.1, Joint Operation Planning and Execution System, Volume 1: Planning Policies and Procedures. The purpose of the annex is to make conflict termination an integral part of the campaign planning process. The annex underscores pertinent issues and planning strategies to ensure victory on the battlefield while creating a conducive post-hostilities environment to achieve political objectives. Chapter 1 limits the scope of the study to interagency relationships and the development of DOD planning guidance for conflict termination. It also provides a review of the related literature used in this study. Chapter 2 establishes a common framework regarding conflict termination theories. Chapter 3 uses case studies to highlight the learning process and lessons learned in terminating previous conflicts. Chapter 4 provides insight into practical application of current and recommended termination concepts. Chapter 5 concludes with a summary of our research findings and suggestions for improved interagency coordination and incorporation of conflict termination in the deliberate and crisis planning processes.
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| Release | : 1998 |
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Despite the volumes of research and literature on the subject, belligerents mismanage war termination. The United States had more than its share of poorly terminated conflicts. This paper discusses answers to a three part question concerning war termination: do war termination principles differ with the nature of the war, if so, should operational commanders discriminate between conflict termination principles when exercising operational art, and is joint doctrine sufficient in providing guidance for conflict termination? Classical theory of war termination and lessons learned from previous U.S. military operations indicate that principles of conflict termination do not differ with the nature of the war. Although the nature of the war drives the operational design that causes conflict termination, the operational commander can apply war termination principles to all types of war. Joint doctrine, specifically Joint Pub 3-0, is more than adequate in offering planning guidance to the joint force commander. Joint doctrine has incorporated lessons from past operations and conflict termination theory to provide thorough planning guidance.
| Author | : Stephen J. Cimbala |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2019-04-10 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0429721781 |
Although considerable attention has been paid to deterrence theory and crisis management, the equally important topic of ending wars has been virtually ignored. Conflict termination is the stepchild of U.S. strategy for a number of reasons. Thinking about how wars should end presupposes acceptance of the fact that war—especially nuclear war— is possible. Further, analyzing options for ending conflicts implies less-than-total victory, a concept that not only runs counter to the U.S. approach to warfare but also raises the specter of “limited war,†an approach that fell into disfavor following Korea and Vietnam. Finally, defining conflict termination objectives assumes that we think more about ends than means, that we know what is important to us and why, and thus understand the risks we will accept to defend specific interests and objectives. The contributors examine a wide variety of topics, ranging from Soviet and U.S. views on conflict termination to past, present, and future U.S. military service contributions. Their aim is to demonstrate the importance of careful evaluation of conflict termination goals during peacetime because when war begins passions and emotions will cloud decisionmaking.
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| Release | : 2008 |
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There has been a significant focus in recent years on the idea of conflict termination. The context of 21st century warfare, however, requires a new conceptual framework and the replacement of outdated and inaccurate terminology. Instead of continuing to consider conflict termination in planning, adopting the concept of "Conflict Transformation" as a primary element in operational design will more effectively combine the relevant aspects of termination with the emerging concept of Security, Stability, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) Operations. Ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan reflect a transformational approach to conflict that must be codified. As SSTR operations become increasingly critical to operational success, conflict transformation offers a better framework to link current doctrine with this emerging concept. This will more precisely reflect what is operationally possible and more accurately denote what is operationally intended. By combining the relevant elements of termination with the emerging SSTR concept into the operational design framework offered by conflict transformation, operational planning can be more effectively focused.
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| Release | : 2003 |
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It is always easier to get into a conflict than to get out of one. In 1956, for example, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden with French Premier Guy Mollet planned to unseat President Nasser of Egypt and reduce his influence in the region by a combined and coordinated British, French, and Israeli military operation. The French and British leadership conducted detailed, thorough planning to ensure that the costs and risks were reduced to an acceptable minimum. In violation of Clausewitz's guidance, however, the operation was launched without a good idea about termination and what the post-conflict situation would look like. What if landing on the Suez Canal at Port Said and Port Fuad did not force Nasser to step down? Were France and Britain then willing to march on Cairo? Would they have international support for such a move? If they seized Cairo, what would the new Egyptian government look like? Could it stay in power without keeping British and French troops in Egypt for years to come? Would the British and French have world opinion on their side for such an occupation? In the end, Israel launched the attack and British and French forces landed on the Suez Canal. But the operation did not turn out as planned. The United States and Soviets, along with world opinion, forced the British and French to withdraw. President Nasser, rather than being defeated, became the victor and the leader of the Arab cause, while the British and the French lost prestige and influence. How could rational decision makers get it so wrong? This article examines the doctrinal basis for conflict termination planning and provides suggestions and approaches for greater success.
| Author | : John W. Guthrie |
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| Total Pages | : 22 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Interagency coordination |
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The goal of every theater commander during conflict is to bring that conflict to an end on favorable terms. This truth alone makes conflict termination critically important; and yet, history has shown that this task is often misunderstood and seldom executed correctly. This paper discusses the conflict termination responsibilities of the theater commander in broad scope, lists some key considerations that the commander should refer to during conflict planning and execution, discusses the importance of the interagency process for national security policy- making, and most importantly, shows that current doctrine, although improving, remains insufficient in assisting the commander during his important task of planning for conflict termination. Recommendations to current planning processes are made to ensure that the theater commander focuses on conflict termination throughout the spectrum of planning.
