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Book SynopsisThis book explores the impact of different civil-military structures on operational effectiveness in complex peace operations. Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia are examples of grand failures to enforce peace and to promote democracy and development through international interventions. A missing variable in analyses of these conflicts hitherto has been the nature of the civil-military interface and its impact.
The principal argument of this book is that the civil-military interface should ideally be integrated within the interagency arena as well as within the defence ministry. Such integration has the potential to provide joint civil-military planning and comprehensive approaches to operations. It also creates mutual trust and understanding amongst officers and civil servants from different departments, agencies and units, and thereby, a co-operative interagency culture. For the civil-military interface to function effectively within the chain of command dur
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"The book is well structured and successfully identifies the missing variable in the analysis of complex peace operations – namely the nature of the civil-military interface and its impact. It makes an important contribution to the body of literature that seeks to improve the operational conduct and effectiveness of the military in contemporary irregular warfare. Egnell’s work should therefore interest not only students of peace operations, civil-military relations and international relations in general, but also US and British military and civilian officers seeking to improve military effectiveness in asymmetric warfare." - Marco Marilli, The International Spectator, 2012
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Effectiveness in Complex Peace Operations 2. The Civil-Military Dimension of Effectiveness 3. The Patterns of Civil-Military Relations in the United States 4. The American Way of War 5. Civil-Military Aspects of US Operations in Iraq 6. The Patterns of Civil-Military Relations in the United Kingdom 7. The British Way of War 8. Civil-Military Aspects of British Operations in Iraq 9. Evaluating the Hypothesis: The Cases Compared and Contrasted 10. Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index
