America's Collision Course with the Caucasus: Is Military Intervention Inevitable? - Softcover

Beckert, Christopher H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1249457521 ISBN 13: 9781249457527

Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The Caucasus is developing into a vital strategic region. It emerged from the Soviet Union's shadow in 1991 and spawned wild oil and gas speculation, and U.S. policy makers developed relationships with the region's countries as it matured. However, ethnic tensions and separatist movements in the Caucasus still pose a significant threat to American interests. Will the U.S. military intervene to stabilize the Caucasus by 2010? This monograph explores this question. It introduces the reader to the Caucasus' complexity and presents factors affecting a military intervention decision. It presents three likely contingencies that may require U.S. force intervention before 2010: peacekeeping in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, stabilization of the Georgian or Azerbaijani governments, or prevention of ethnic cleansing. It also provides a summary of each contingency compared to the 1999 National Security Strategy's criteria for deploying U.S. forces to assess the probability of intervention. The monograph is a passport to the Caucasus, removing the mystery from it to assess its operational challenges. The key to success in future military operations there is understanding the Caucasus' diversity and it's emerging international significance.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1249457521
• ISBN 13: 9781249457527
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 60
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