Deterrence of strategic warfare has long been a major U.S. national security objective. With the end of the Cold War, the international security environment has evolved sufficiently to cause rethinking of how the United States will apply its deterrent capability. The relationship between conflict deterrence and expeditionary warfare-marrying them into a single conceptual package-is explored. A review of deterrence theory and the historical underpinnings of expeditionary warfare is provided, to argue the hypothesis that expeditionary warfare, as defined within this project, is relevant as an effective deterrent. There are three principal conclusions: first, that effective deterrence should be underwritten by a credible commitment that will most likely incur political cost; second, that deterrence rules to prevent interstate conflict may not be directly relevant to prevent intrastate conflict; and third, forward military presence does not necessarily deter.
Expeditionary Warfare and Conflict Deterrence
1994
105 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Military Sciences , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Military planning , Western security(International) , National defense , Military forces(United states) , Warfare , Military strategy , Political science , National security , Environments , Decision making , International politics , Cost analysis , Military doctrine , Security , Decision theory , Geopolitics , Cold war , Conflict , Hypotheses , International relations , Catalytic conflict(Warfare) , Game theory , Deterrence , Low intensity conflict , International security environment , Strategic warfare , Forward presence , Power projection , Cost benefit analysis , Post cold war era , New world order , Rational actor theories , Conflict deterrence , Expeditionary warfare , Tactical warfare , Mid-intensity conflict , Contingency warfare , Credible commitments
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