Military Forces in 21st Century Peace Operations: No Job for a Soldier (Contemporary Security Studies)

A major new study of the realities of contemporary warfare, which presents a range of fresh insights and is essential reading for all students and professionals engaged in the field. This book clearly shows us that: neither military nor civilian agencies can act effectively alone in resolving modern conflicts joint civil-military efforts are needed, and those efforts must be deliberately planned from the outset of an operation; they cannot be added on as afterthoughts when all else has failed the record of our efforts over nearly a decade and a half since the end of the Cold War demonstrates that we are doing badly at creating civil-military partnerships, and that we are not getting better. James V. Arbuckle shows how these issues are neither structural nor organizational - they are cultural. They involve attitudes, beliefs, perceptions – positive and negative, true and false. The solutions will involve changing attitudes, moving beyond prejudices, replacing competition with cooperation. The principal mechanisms for this will be common civil-military training and education. BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 SERIES-TITLE......Page 3 TITLE......Page 6 COPYRIGHT......Page 7 DEDICATION......Page 8 CONTENTS......Page 10 Part I PEACE IN THE MODERN WORLD......Page 12 1. PREFACE......Page 14 2. INTRODUCTION......Page 16 3. TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR PEACE OPERATIONS......Page 26 Part II PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Military culture and popular perceptions......Page 40 4. INTRODUCTION......Page 42 5. THE ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF CULTURES......Page 46 6. COHESION AND CONTINUITY: ‘The clangour of their shields’......Page 49 7. A CLOSER LOOK AT MILITARY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE......Page 54 8. CULTURE AND CHANGE: A barrier or a window?......Page 60 9. CIVIL-MILITARY CULTURES IN COLLISION: Festina Lente......Page 65 10. UNIT ROTATIONS: Les Absents se Trompent......Page 70 11. THE US FORCES: The military antipodeans......Page 74 12. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: You never get a second chance to make a first impression......Page 85 Part III SENSE AND SENSIBILITY: The military as a partner agency......Page 94 13. INTRODUCTION......Page 96 14. WAR AND PEACE: Matters of principle......Page 97 15. THE MILITARY ROLES IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS......Page 109 16. FIRST-GENERATION PEACEKEEPING: The Age of Consent......Page 113 17. SECOND-GENERATION PEACEKEEPING: Crossing the Mogadishu......Page 120 18. RULES OF ENGAGEMENT......Page 125 19. FORCE STRUCTURES: Always use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut......Page 129 20. THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF JOINT AND COMBINED MILITARY OPERATIONS......Page 131 21. THE MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE: Reveille, or last post?......Page 135 22. REACTION FORCES: ‘Compulsory and irreproachable idleness’......Page 138 Part IV TRAINING AND EDUCATION: A part of the main......Page 148 23. GENERAL......Page 150 24. TRAINING VS. EDUCATION......Page 151 25. TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS: Where and by who?......Page 153 26. TRAINING FOR WHOM?......Page 160 27. SO WHAT?......Page 163 Part V CONCLUSION......Page 166 28. TO SAVE SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS.........Page 168 NOTES......Page 173 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 192 INDEX......Page 200 "This book explains why neither military nor civilian agencies can act alone in managing modern conflicts and why joint civil-military efforts are needed. As the record of peace operations interventions over nearly a decade and a half since the end of the Cold War demonstrates that the international community is doing badly at creating civil-military partnerships, the author argues that those efforts must be deliberately planned from the outset of an operation and cannot be added on as afterthoughts when all else has failed."--BOOK JACKET As the antithetical relationships between the civilian and military agencies and components of modern peace operations are essentially cultural and are rooted in misinformation and prejudice; effective civil-military operations are needed from the outset of an operation. James V. Arbuckle. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 181-187) And Index.