Future War/Future Battlespace: The Strategic Role of American Landpower

Redefining the US Approach to Reconstruction and Stability Operations

“…A vital factor affecting success in future conflicts are that uniformed and civilian assets of the USG will be employed for Reconstruction and Stability Operations that produce a different kind of "victory." 67 Some recommendations for achieving the necessary synergy among those elements of government are: acknowledge the complexities of the world environment that impact the USG; establish a policy that directs concrete measurable participation from all agencies; align policies and directives with U.S. Strategy; then insure that those policies are backed by requisite programming and planning authorities.…”

Economic Impacts from Spending by Community Dock Owners at Table Rock Lake

“…They are: (1) traditional direct interstate war; (2) unconventional nonstate war; (3) unconventional intrastate war, which tends to involve direct vs. indirect conflict between state and nonstate actors; and (4) indirect interstate war, which entails aggression by a nation-state against another through proxies. 15 Gangs and other nonstate actors operate most effectively in the second and third categories of nonstate battle space. Nonstate and intrastate wars involve political actors who thrive among and within various host countries.…”

Reassessing Victory in Warfare

“…In World War II, by contrast, military victory was transformed into strategic victory. 39 Most analysts now agree that "military victories do not themselves determine the outcomes of wars; they only provide political opportunities for the victors-and even those opportunities are likely to be limited by circumstances beyond their control." 40 Indeed, success in the battlefield needs "to help shape the international or regional political environment" in ways favorable to the initiator's strategic interests.…”