Title: Interagency fratricide : policy failures in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia /
Authors: Rast, Vicki J., 1966-
Publisher: Air University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: War Termination; Civil-military relations United States; Military art and science Decision making.; Administrative agencies United States; Public administration Decision making; Administrative agencies; Civil-military relations; Military art and science Decision making; Public administration Decision making; War Termination; United States
Abstract: The United States government promulgates national security policy through a complex, recursive negotiation process across multiple interagency players. When coercive intervention requires the use of force, it is imperative to understand the ways in which interagency conflict within the US government influences policies regarding conflict termination and withdrawal. Drawing upon the experiences of 135 interagency participants, Maj Vicki J. Rast, USAF, examines the conflict termination policy development processes for the Persian Gulf War (1990₁91) and the Bosnia Conflict (1993₁95).
Contents: pt. 1. Framing the problem. Conflict termination within a bureaucratic environment -- Rational choice theory: individual and group choice -- Conflict termination models -- The National Security Council system -- Interagency fratricide: bridging the gap between theory and practice -- pt. 2. Analysis and findings. Dynamic themes: leadership, negotiation, and domestic politics -- Contextual parameters: environmental factors channel interagency dynamics -- Crosscutting effects: roles and missions and media influence -- pt. 3. Conflict termination policy development. Developing the endgame-termination policy for the Persian Gulf and Bosnia -- Termination policy development within a volatile environment.