Negotiating civil-military space : redefining roles in an unpredictable world / Marcia Byrom Hartwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartwell, Marcia Byrom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integrated operations (Military science).

Civil-military relations.

Postwar reconstruction--Government policy.

Postwar reconstruction.

Armed Forces--Civic action.

Armed Forces.

Government policy.

United States--Armed Forces--Civic action.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 169 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Setting the stage 11

1 Winning "hearts and minds" in Vietnam 13

2 "Unity of effort" in the long wars 30

Part II Refraining the issues 47

3 Negotiating space 49

4 Protecting civilians 64

5 Coping with violence 75

Part III Looking ahead 91

6 The "new war" challenge 93

7 New public voices 112

8 Negotiating "new" civil-military space 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472440457

1472440455

OCLC:

928889151