Praeger Beyond Declaring Victory and Coming Home: The Challenges of Peace and Stability Operations

The political practice of declaring victory and coming home has provided a false and dangerous domestic impression of great success for U.S. unilateral and multilateral interventions in failing and failed states around the world. The reality of such irresponsibility is that the root causes and the violent consequences of contemporary intranational conflict are left to smolder and reignite at a later date with the accompanying human and physical waste. This book discusses why it is incumbent on the international community and individual powers involved in dealing with the chaos of the post-Cold War world to understand that such action requires a long-term, holistic, and strategic approach. The intent of such an approach is to create and establish the proven internal conditions that can lead to a mandated peace and stability―with justice. The key elements that define those conditions at the strategic level include: (1) the physical establishment of order and the rule of law; (2) the isolation of belligerents; (3) the regeneration of the economy; (4) the shaping of political consent; (5) fostering peaceful conflict resolution processes; (6) achieving a complete unity of effort toward stability; and (7) establishment and maintenance of a legitimate civil society. These essential dimensions of contemporary global security and stability requirements comprise a new paradigm that will, hopefully, initiate the process of rethinking both problem and response. Review "Once again, Max Manwaring, working with Anthony Joes, has assembled in a coherent and easily readable text the thoughts of practitioners, theorists, and scholars. They argue that in peace and stability operations the United States should adopt a long-term, holistic and strategic approach to create and establish conditions that can lead to a mandated peace and stability with justice. Those seeking a pragmatic and successful foreign policy for the United States in coping with the myriad of international conflicts of the post-cold war world should read this well-reasoned and "lessons-learned" text--both for enjoyment and enlightenment. It is especially pertinent for policy-makers."-Edward J. Perkins Executive Director International Programs Center University of Oklahoma "Operations such as Bosnia and Kosovo are a precursor to those the US military will face in the next 10 years. This book provides insights from some of the foremost experts, both military and nonmilitary, and is a must read for those who will lead our forces into this uncertain future."-Lt. General William G. Carter Former U.S. Commander in Bosnia "This impressive work should be required reading for scholars and policy makers who wish to understand the new era of warfare. It should also be a primary source of ideas for those diplomats and soldiers who must plan for, fight, or otherwise attempt to manage conflict in this new environment."-Douglas Bland Associate Professor and Chair of Defence Management Studies Queens University "This is a fundamental work for policy makers, practitioners, scholars and journalists who wish an informed, innovative and judicious analysis of the dilemmas and variables involved in managing internal conflict as a struggle over political legitimacy."-David C. Jordon Professor University of Virginia .,."an important contribution to the study of post-cold war security."-Comtemporary Security Policy ?...an important contribution to the study of post-cold war security.?-Comtemporary Security Policy ..."an important contribution to the study of post-cold war security."-Comtemporary Security Policy About the Author MAX G. MANWARING is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College, an Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute, and a retired U.S. Army colonel. He has served in various civil and military positions, and is the author of numerous books, articles, and reports dealing with national and global security issues. ANTH