The American government and military have increasingly recognized that information collection, analysis, and sharing are essential to security. While the availability of information is important, quality decision making depends on sound and effective information institutions that allow leaders to understand the complex strategic environments in which they act, so they can effectively coordinate between the military and diplomatic elements of limited war strategies. In an era of power transitions and power diffusions, the ...
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The American government and military have increasingly recognized that information collection, analysis, and sharing are essential to security. While the availability of information is important, quality decision making depends on sound and effective information institutions that allow leaders to understand the complex strategic environments in which they act, so they can effectively coordinate between the military and diplomatic elements of limited war strategies. In an era of power transitions and power diffusions, the ability of the United States to act intelligently will depend on how strategic information is managed and used.In "America at Limited War"Spencer Bakich demonstrates how the pattern of information flow in the national security bureaucracy directly affected the outcomes of significant foreign policy events in the past seven decades: Korean, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq wars. Each began as limited wars, and escalated beyond the expected, at costs far exceeding what was desired. The book explains why the US was able to succeed across the board in the Persian Gulf War, but unable to both defeat its opponent and avoid escalation in Korea;why the US was able to avoid inducing Chinese intervention in Vietnam, but incapable of defeating its primary opponent in the South;and why the US was able to achieve a decisive victory over Iraqi forces in a very short period of time only to have that success squandered with the eruption of the Sunni-based insurgency.Bakich brings information into the mix of actors that have been scrutinized extensively in international relations, and provides a deeper understanding of how and when states can wield power effectively in a competitive international system."
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