Introduction: Shall the Nation Again Find Herself Unprepared / Arnel P. David, Sean A. Acosta, and Nicholas Krohley -- The Strategic Environment and the New Great Game / James Micciche, Kyle Staron, and Kevin Chapla -- Thriving in the Gray Zone: Competition in the Space Between Peace and War / David Allen -- The Human Domain / Aleks Nesic, Daniel Collini, and Arnel P. David -- Civil Reconnaissance: Understanding the Playing Field / Albert Oh, Guy Berry, Lucas Vaughan, and Sean Acosta -- Cancelling the Crosswalk: Re-framing Civil Considerations / Nicholas Krohley -- Networks of Influence & Action: Collaboration in the Lake Chad Basin / Dan Collini, Kyle Atwell, and Kyle Litchfield -- Three Tribes to One: Integrating Civil Affairs / Assad Raza and Susan Gannon -- Joint Information Fusion & Synergy: Opportunities for Collaboration with United States Marine Corps Civil Affairs / Diana X. Moga and Robert Boudreau -- Building a Global Civil-Military Network / Christopher Holshek.
Summary:
"America kicked off the 21st century with a two-decade losing streak. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States failed to understand the societies in which it was fighting. Blind to local fundamentals, the military proved unable to achieve effects via futuristic technology and lethal force-while civilian-led development and governance initiatives delivered a negligible return on a staggering investment. Representing the collective experience and expertise of nineteen soldiers, marines, and scholar-practitioners, this book draws upon the lessons of recent past to chart a contrarian view for the future. How should the US military understand the current geopolitical environment? What are the essential capabilities to succeed therein? Cutting against the grain of contemporary military thought-which focuses overwhelmingly on so-called "near-peer" competitors and the technologies needed to confront them-this book argues for the importance of understanding the playing field of strategic competition"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Rapid communications in conflict and security series
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