Negotiating Civil-Military Space : Redefining Roles in an Unpredictable World

This book begins discussion at a point where many civil–military conversations end. Hartwell identifies underlying dynamics, key issues, and challenges that civilian and military organizations encounter when negotiating their roles in real and virtual volatile environments. These include managing expectations, understanding organizational missions and cultures, building trust, and exploring different approaches to violence. The impact of applied technologies on decision making processes and interventions is discussed in terms of recent and future complex crises. Linking earlier history to current discussions, this study makes an important contribution by reframing issues and outlining strategies to avoid unintended consequences and more effectively protect civilians in future operations. While geographic focus is on the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, and Asia-Pacific, the core issues are applicable to negotiating civil–military relationships in a wide range of environments. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Context and methodology -- Part I Setting the stage -- 1 Winning "hearts and minds" in Vietnam -- Developing the model -- US civil-military aid to Vietnam -- Renegotiating civil-military roles -- Winning hearts and minds -- Unity of effort and CORDS -- The Phoenix program -- Final revision of roles -- Lessons to learn from Vietnam -- Setting clearly articulated and adaptable goals -- Defining civilian and military roles in dangerous environments Identifying underlying dynamics, key issues, and challenges that civilian and military organizations encounter when negotiating their roles in real and virtual volatile environments, this title includes managing expectations, understanding organizational missions and cultures, building trust, and exploring different approaches to violence. Marcia Byrom Hartwell. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.