| Transitions: Issues, Challenges and Solutions in International Assistance |
Nov 2010 |
278 pages |
| Authors:
Harry R Yarger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INST
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 | States and humanitarian organizations intervene in fragile, failing, and failed states at critical points to serve their own interests and to assist the populations of the troubled states. At the point when these host states have become appropriately self-sufficient, or when the interveners deem it appropriate to leave, the host nation must reassume responsibility for its own destiny. In simple terms transition is the multi-disciplinary process by which intervening and ... |
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| Short of General War: Perspectives on the Use of Military Power in the 21st Century |
Apr 2010 |
289 pages |
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Harry R Yarger; Jonathan P Wilcox; Thomas C Graves; Dennis R Penn; Lorelei E Coplen; John Bessler; Roger H Westermeyer; Gary D Espinas; Thomas M Rhatican; James C Laughrey; James F Glynn; Marco E Harris; I A Rigden; Roger S Marin; Michael E Culpepper; Russell R Hula; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Looking out to 2025, many see potential for a prolonged period of instability as a result of competing economic models, demographics, the rise of new international actors and the resurgence of old ones, climate change, and the scarcity of resources. The range of stability challenges will stretch the capabilities of any military force structure and require innovative thinking concerning the appropriate development and use of the military element of power. ... |
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| Executive Report: JSOU (Joint Special Operations University) Second Annual Symposium. Irregular Warfare: Strategic Utility of SOF |
03 May 2007 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Steven J Hashem; Wade Ishimoto; Harry R Yarger; Mark Boyatt; Jeffrey Hasler; David Tucker; Alvaro de Souza Pinheiro; Michael Vlahos; Thomas X Hammes; Russell D Howard; Walter M Herd; David Hopley; Raymond Palumbo; Chris Sorenson; Leslie L Fuller; Powers; James F Jr; Lisa E Gordon-Hagerty; Timberlake Foster; Prakash Singh; Robert B Stephan; John B Alexander; Eric T Olson; JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIV HURLBURT FIELD FL
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| The Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) Strategic Studies Department held its second annual academic symposium on Irregular Warfare: The Strategic Utility of Special Operations Forces (SOF) in May 2007. The event was designed to present and discuss issues relevant to the special operations community with perspectives from experts on the Irregular Warfare (IW) theme. The symposium was framed by three keynote speakers, addressing the validity of IW as a model, ... |
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| Educating for Strategic Thinking in the SOF Community: Considerations and a Proposal |
Jan-2007 |
39 pages |
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Harry R Yarger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In 2002, then Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld challenged the Special Operations Forces (SOF) world by giving United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) the lead in planning for the war on terrorism. In the 2005 Unified Command Plan, USSOCOM completed the transition from a supporting command, with the responsibility to provide forces to other regional United States (U.S.) commanders, to that of a supported command. Former Secretary Rumsfeld clearly ... |
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