Unity Of Mission: Civiian Military Teams In War And Peace

There have been innumerable studies on civil-military cooperation—or lack thereof—in complex operations. The subject, however, has not been addressed in a single volume aimed at scholars and diplomats as well as warriors. Unity of Mission does just that. The book offers unique insights by soldiers, AID workers, nongovernmental organizations, and others with on the ground experience. The essays provide a rich, diverse, and candid commentary about what worked and what didn’t work. This book will be enormously useful for anyone assigned to a military command, an embassy, or any international mission.

List of Illustrations ix

List of Tables x

About the Editors and Authors xi

Acknowledgments xxxi

Introduction: Iraq and Afghanistan and Beyond xxxiii

Jon Gundersen Executive Summary xxxix Jon Gundersen

PART 1 HISTORY OF CIVILIAN-MILITARY TEAMS: AMERICA’S COMING OF AGE 1

Nontraditional Missions: Civil Tasks, Military Forces, and Complex Operations 3

Civilian-Military Teaming (1989–1995): An Examination of Postconflict Operations in Panama, Kuwait, and Haiti 25

 PART 2 THE VIETNAM WAR (1954–1975)

Measuring Success: Evaluating Counterinsurgency Progress in Vietnam (1966–1975) 57

An Eyewitness Account of Counterinsurgency and Civilian-Military Teams in Vietnam 67

The Present Past of Vietnam: Implications of Civilian Operations and Revolutionary Development Support for Today’s “Other Wars” 87

PART 3 THE POST–9/11 WARS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

The Origins of Provincial Reconstruction Team: Almost Present at the Creation 111

Civilian Agencies in a War Zone: Afghanistan and Iraq 115

Civilian-Military Capacity-Building Teams: The View from Anbar Province (2006–2009) 133

Hope Doesn’t Live Here Anymore: An Afghan CivilianMilitary Vision—One Commander’s Experience 149

How Department of Defense Spending Was Used to Resuscitate Local Business: A Select History of Civilian-Military Engagement in Iraq 173

PART 4 INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES: BEYOND AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ

From Afghanistan to Africa: Civilian-Military Teaming in a Whole New World 187

 A Whole Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts, or If It Were Only Army Stuff, It Would Be Easy 215

 Peacebuilding: Germany’s Military Mission; The Soft Power Approach and Civilian-Military Teaming 237

The Norwegian Approach to Afghanistan: Civilian-Military Segregation 263

So You Are Going to Be Working with the United Nations: A Few Insights on Integration 279

PART 5 NONGOVERNMENTAL AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES: SHARING THE SPACE

Civil Society Experiences of, Conflicts with, and Recommendations for Civilian-Military Teams 297

 Achieving Coordinated Results in Stabilization, Reconstruction, and Postwar Peacebuilding: Lessons from the US Civilian-Military Experience in Afghanistan 333

 Civilian-Military Engagement in Afghanistan: How Market-Based Approaches Enable and Enhance Counterinsurgencies 359

PART 6 TRAINING, RESOURCING, ROLES, AND MISSIONS

Training the Civilian-Military Team in the Twenty-First Century 375

Civilian-Military Teaming: The When, Where and How 381  

Learning to Negotiate Shared Space: US Civilian-Military Roles in Unsecured Environments 391

PART 7 PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

Developing Intelligence Capabilities for Counterinsurgency and Stabilization: Learning from the US Experience with Sociocultural Analysis in Iraq and Afghanistan 407  

The Provincial Reconstruction Team Experience in Iraq: A Case Study for Improving Integration in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations 449

 Fostering Effective Civilian-Military Integration: The Need or a Standardized, Field-Based Stabilization Methodology 461

A Civilian Center of Excellence as a Mechanism for Civilian-Military Coordination 485

What Is the Way Ahead for Rigorous Research on Civilian-Military Teams in Complex Contingencies? 499

Abbreviations 523

Bibliography 531

Index 573

Military historians, Department of Defense officials civilian and military, international relations observers, officals, professors andinstructors, students of international relations and military history.