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Title

  • Strategy, national interests, and means to an end

Summary

  • The U.S. inability -- or unwillingness --to connect strategic ends and appropriate means to accomplish those ends has occurred so often over the past 15 years that one could make a credible argument that it has become a disturbing and pervasive characteristic of the modern American way of war. Beginning with a theoretical discussion of the relationship among ends, means, and strategy, this paper continues by examining specific cases of U.S. intervention from the previous decade and Operation Iraqi Freedom to demonstrate that when the U.S. commits its military forces, success can only be achieved if clear ends are identified, appropriate means are leveraged against those stated ends, and a coherent strategy is developed to coordinate the ends and means.

Names

  • Sklenka, Stephen D.
  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

  • Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007.

Contents

  • Introduction -- Ends, means, and the design of strategy -- Somalia on the periphery -- Strategic pitfalls of a Balkanizing policy -- Haiti and the American backyard -- Operation Iraqi Freedom and the ends-means disconnect -- Conclusion.

Headings

  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • -  National interest--United States
  • -  Operation Allied Force, 1999
  • -  Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993
  • -  Haiti--History--American intervention, 1994-1995
  • -  United States--Military policy--Evaluation

Notes

  • -  "October 2007."
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-24).
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (v, 26 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS79.76

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023692912

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Chicago citation style:

Sklenka, Stephen D, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. Strategy, National Interests, and Means to an End. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023692912/.

APA citation style:

Sklenka, S. D. & Army War College, U. S. S. S. I. (2007) Strategy, National Interests, and Means to an End. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023692912/.

MLA citation style:

Sklenka, Stephen D, and U.S.. Strategic Studies Institute Army War College. Strategy, National Interests, and Means to an End. Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2007. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023692912/>.