Managing Contemporary Conflict Pillars Of Success

Departing from conventional policy rhetoric on the unconventional "new world disorder," Max G. Manwaring, Wm. J. Olson, and their colleagues here build upon Ambassador David C. Miller, Jr.'s three pillars of success for foreign policy and military management. They provide a sound intellectual road map through the dense fog of the contemporary inter

Editors' Note -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A New World, A New Challenge -- Back to the Future: Structuring Foreign Policy in a Post—Cold War World -- The First Pillar of Success in Contemporary Conflict: A Theory of Engagement to Deal with the New World Disorder -- Confronting the New World Disorder: A Legitimate Governance Theory of Engagement -- End-State Planning: The Somalia Case -- Application of Theory and Principle: The Case of El Salvador -- The Second Pillar of Success: Tools of Power and Appropriate Weapons Systems to Support the Theory -- New National Security Challenges -- Confronting the "Hard Decisions" of Redefined Sovereignty and the Tools of Intervention in the New Security Environment -- The Search for Legitimate Partners in the New International Security Environment -- The Third Pillar: An Appropriate Management Structure for the Conduct of Contemporary Conflict -- Organizing for Operations Other Than War (OOTW) in the Post—Cold War Era -- The Principle of Unity of Effort: A Strategy for Conflict Management -- The Management Structures for Just Cause, Desert Storm, and UNOSOM II -- Additional Challenges in Confronting the New World Disorder -- The Implications of the Organized Crime Phenomenon for U.S. National Security -- Strategic Intelligence in the Coming Years: Foreign Policy and Defense Asset -- Final Thoughts on Lessons Learned and Conflict Management