The Political Component
The Missing Vital Element in US Intervention Planning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20138720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Clarke, Walter S Clarke (corresponding author), Robert Gosende |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 1996-08-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.1787 |
| OpenAlex | W3133599439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
There had to be some way to deal with violent threats that lay between doing nothing or launching an allout conventional war.Diplomacy could work [to address] problems most effectively when force--or the threat of force--was a credible part of the equation."The early years of the Reagan Administration saw an important internal debate on the use of US military force in support of international political initiatives.The carnage left by a suicide bomber at the Marine barracks in Beirut in October 1983 exacerbated the debate and added to the Vietnamera legacy of distrust of politicians by the US military.The policy dispute between Secretary of State George Shultz and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was permitted to reach its apogee safely
Component (thermodynamics) · Element (criminal law) · Intervention (counseling) · Physics · Political science · Politics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |