the strategic implications of military civic action /
edited by John W. De Pauw and George A. Luz ; foreword by Bruce Palmer, Jr., foreword by Fred F. Woerner, Jr.
New York :
Praeger,
1992.
1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index.
Understanding civic action / John W. De Pauw -- The role of the total army in military civic action and humanitarian assistance : a synopsis / John W. De Pauw and George A. Luz -- The Africa Civic Action program / Kent H. Butts -- Civil-military operations and the war for political legitimacy in Latin America / John T. Fishel and Edmund S. Cowan -- Civic action versus counterinsurgency and low-intensity conflict in Latin America : the case for delinkage / Regina Gaillard -- The Latin American military, low-intensity conflict, and democracy / Gabriel Marcella -- Reserve component role in civic and humanitarian assistance / Wayman D. Robertson and George A. Luz -- A planner's guide for the employment of civil affairs in Latin America / Dennis C. Barlow -- Medical civic action in low-intensity conflict : the Vietnam experience / Jeffrey Greenhut -- The strategic implications of military civic action / Richard L. Sutter -- Military civic action in the 1990s : a forecast / George A. Luz -- Winning the peace / John W. De Pauw.
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Military Civic Action--U.S. troops working on nation-building tasks with troops of another country--is traced from its formal beginning under President Eisenhower and enthusiastic reception under President Kennedy, through its successes and failures during the Vietnam years, to its present status as a strategic tool. Contributing authors debate the future role of Military Civic Action as a way to retain a U.S. military presence around the world, bolster emergent democracies, assist other militaries in their transition to democratic military professionalism, reinforce the humanitarian efforts o.
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