RT Book
T1 NATO in Afghanistan: fighting together, fighting alone
A1 Auerswald, David
A2 Saideman, Stephen M.
LA English
PP Princeton Woodstock
PB Princeton University Press
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/750581395
AB "Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly clear, multilateral cooperation is neither straightforward nor guaranteed. Countries differ significantly in what they are willing to do and how and where they are willing to do it. Some refuse to participate in dangerous or offensive missions. Others change tactical objectives with each new commander. Some countries defer to their commanders while others hold them to strict account.NATO in Afghanistan explores how government structures and party politics in NATO countries shape how battles are waged in the field. Drawing on more than 250 interviews with senior officials from around the world, David Auerswald and Stephen Saideman find that domestic constraints in presidential and single-party parliamentary systems--in countries such as the United States and Britain respectively--differ from those in countries with coalition governments, such as Germany and the Netherlands. As a result, different countries craft different guidelines for their forces overseas, most notably in the form of military caveats, the often-controversial limits placed on deployed troops.Providing critical insights into the realities of alliance and coalition warfare, NATO in Afghanistan also looks at non-NATO partners such as Australia, and assesses NATO's performance in the 2011 Libyan campaign to show how these domestic political dynamics are by no means unique to Afghanistan"--
AB "Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly clear, multilateral cooperation is neither straightforward nor guaranteed. Countries differ significantly in what they are willing to do and how and where they are willing to do it. Some refuse to participate in dangerous or offensive missions. Others change tactical objectives with each new commander. Some countries defer to their commanders while others hold them to strict account.NATO in Afghanistan explores how government structures and party politics in NATO countries shape how battles are waged in the field. Drawing on more than 250 interviews with senior officials from around the world, David Auerswald and Stephen Saideman find that domestic constraints in presidential and single-party parliamentary systems--in countries such as the United States and Britain respectively--differ from those in countries with coalition governments, such as Germany and the Netherlands. As a result, different countries craft different guidelines for their forces overseas, most notably in the form of military caveats, the often-controversial limits placed on deployed troops.Providing critical insights into the realities of alliance and coalition warfare, NATO in Afghanistan also looks at non-NATO partners such as Australia, and assesses NATO's performance in the 2011 Libyan campaign to show how these domestic political dynamics are by no means unique to Afghanistan"--
CN a
SN 9780691159386
SN 9780691170879
SN 0691159386
K1 North Atlantic Treaty Organization : Afghanistan
K1 International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
K1 Afghan War, 2001-
K1 North Atlantic Treaty Organization
K1 Afghanistan : North Atlantic Treaty Organization : NATO-Länder : Verteidigungs- und sicherheitsbezogene Beziehungen : International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan : Einsatz internationaler Streitkräfte : Einsatzkonzeption für Streitkräfte : Militärische Kommunikation und Befehlsgebung : Aufgabenteilung nationaler - internationaler Akteur : Kriegführung : Strategische Konzepte eines Bündnisses : Multilateralismus : Politischer Entscheidungsprozess : Innenpolitische Faktoren : Regierungssystem : Parteiensystem : Haltung von Akteuren zu Einzelfragen : Internationaler Vergleich/Ländervergleich
K1 NATO countries : Defence and security relations : Use of international armed forces : Concepts for use of armed forces : Military communication and command : Division of responsibilities (national - international actors) : Warfare : Strategic concepts of an alliance : Multilateralism : Political decision-making processes : Domestic political determinants : Government systems : Party systems : Position of actors on specific issues : International/country comparison
K1 Kanada : Australien : Frankreich : Polen : Vereinigtes Königreich : Vereinigtes Königreich von Großbritannien und Nordirland : Neuseeland
K1 Canada : Australia : France : Poland : United Kingdom : New Zealand
K1 Afghanistankrieg : 2001-2021 : NATO : Kriegführung : Multilateralismus