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Military Crisis Management - U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965 (Hardcover, New)
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Military Crisis Management - U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965 (Hardcover, New)
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This account of the 1965 Dominican intervention is a case study in
U.S. crisis management. Herbert Schoonmaker analyzes the role and
management of U.S. military forces in the Dominican crisis. Like
other Cold War interventions, the Dominican intervention
demonstrated the use of rapidly reacting, joint military forces to
achieve limited political objectives. It also represents a good
vehicle for analyzing U.S. civilian-military relationships during
this kind of military operation. At the same time the civil strife
continued in Santo Domingo, U.S. military forces engaged in a
variety of duties, both combat and peacekeeping, and did so while
the Organization of American States, the United Nations, and U.S.
government teams attempted to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Such
a complex environment, Schoonmaker argues, necessitated tight
civilian control of the engaged armed forces and required restraint
in carrying out their combat duties. In addition to the
political-military factors, Schoonmaker also focuses on the joint
army-navy-air aspects of the operation. He concentrates on the
uniqueness of the intervention which makes the lessons learned from
it applicable in some circumstances, but not in others. A study of
the Dominican intervention is important because of its implications
for defense needs and structure in a time of tight military
budgets. The author also outlines the problems associated with
quick-reacting forces and indicates the necessity for efficient
intelligence, communications, logistics, and command and control.
This book is must reading for military theoreticians and
strategists, historians, and political scientists.
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