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.
Author(s): Jamie Arbuckle
Edition: 1
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 208
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
