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Bullet Points 2
Nathan W. Toronto, Jenna Hanchey, Ian R MacLeod
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R304
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In the years after invading Iraq and Afghanistan, the US military
realized that it had a problem: How does a military force set the
economic conditions for security success? This problem was
certainly not novel-the military had confronted it before in such
diverse locations as Grenada, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo. The scale
and complexity of the problem, however, were unlike anything
military planners had confronted beforehand. This was especially
the case in Iraq, where some commentators expected oil production
to drive reconstruction. When the fragile state of Iraq's
infrastructure and a rapidly deteriorating security situation
prevented this from happening, the problem became even more vexing:
Should a military force focus on security first, or the economy?
How can it do both? This is the challenge of Stability Economics.
This volume on Stability Economics begins to fill the gap that
expeditionary economics did not: the operational details. What is
the theoretical relationship between economics and security? What
strategic, political, and environmental contexts do military
planners need to consider in order to write economic development
lines of effort into operations? At what point do economic
development efforts pass from being necessary to achieve the
security mission to being humanitarian aid mission creep? Stability
Economics also puts the CERP effectiveness and force structure
debates into their proper operational context. With respect to CERP
effectiveness and money as a weapon system, Stability Economics
recognizes that setting the economic conditions for security
success entails more than targeting money effectively; it also
entails a thorough appreciation of the social, political, and
geographic conditions of the fight in which a military unit is
engaged. In fact, armed with a robust theory of how economies grow
in turbulent post-conflict environments, commanders could recognize
that there are times when it is actually better to not spend money.
By broadening the theoretical aperture, Stability Economics gives
commanders and planners the perspective they need set the economic
conditions for security success. It is about more than spending
money. It is about understanding the unique characteristics of
post-conflict economies.
Most people measure military power with weapons, manpower, or
resources, but How Militaries Learn shows that the key to success
on the modern battlefield lies in the mind. Modern weapons and
plentiful resources matter little if militaries cannot organize
efficiently, exercise initiative, and take advantage of
opportunities as they arise. How Militaries Learn examines 200
years of data from militaries around the world and arrives at a
surprising conclusion: learning to think on the battlefield depends
on a deep reservoir of human capital in society. Using case studies
of France, Prussia, Turkey, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates,
How Militaries Learn shows the different ways that militaries learn
to think and succeed on the battlefield. Anyone who wants to
understand military power should read How Militaries Learn.
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