Military Crisis Management: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965
Zoomicon-zoom-in
Military Crisis Management: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965
Military Crisis Management: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965

Military Crisis Management: U.S. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1965

By
Herbert G. Schoonmaker (Author)  

Hardback

Available / dispatched within 1 - 2 weeks

Quantity
This account of the 1965 Dominican intervention is a case study in U.S. crisis management. Herbert Schoonmaker analyzes the role and management of U.S. military forces in the Dominican crisis. Like other Cold War interventions, the Dominican intervention demonstrated the use of rapidly reacting, joint military forces to achieve limited political objectives. It also represents a good vehicle for analyzing U.S. civilian-military relationships during this kind of military operation. At the same time the civil strife continued in Santo Domingo, U.S. military forces engaged in a variety of duties, both combat and peacekeeping, and did so while the Organization of American States, the United Nations, and U.S. government teams attempted to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Such a complex environment, Schoonmaker argues, necessitated tight civilian control of the engaged armed forces and required restraint in carrying out their combat duties. In addition to the political-military factors, Schoonmaker also focuses on the joint army-navy-air aspects of the operation. He concentrates on the uniqueness of the intervention which makes the lessons learned from it applicable in some circumstances, but not in others. A study of the Dominican intervention is important because of its implications for defense needs and structure in a time of tight military budgets. The author also outlines the problems associated with quick-reacting forces and indicates the necessity for efficient intelligence, communications, logistics, and command and control. This book is must reading for military theoreticians and strategists, historians, and political scientists.
HERBERT G. SCHOONMAKER is Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired) and holds a Ph.D from the University of Georgia. During his career as a military historian with the U.S. Army and Air Force, he authored a considerable number of classified studies.
  • Contributor: Herbert G. Schoonmaker
  • Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
  • ISBN13: 9780313266850
  • Number of Pages: 168
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Release Date: 1990-02-15
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: HERBERT G. SCHOONMAKER is Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired) and holds a Ph.D from the University of Georgia. During his career as a military historian with the U.S. Army and Air Force, he authored a considerable number of classified studies.

Delivery Options

Home Delivery

Store Delivery

Free Returns

We hope you are delighted with everything you buy from us. However, if you are not, we will refund or replace your order up to 30 days after purchase. Terms and exclusions apply; find out more from our Returns and Refunds Policy.