Something Must Be Done - Military Intervention

Date Published:

Jan 1, 1998

Abstract:

The objective of this exercise is to provide the policy–maker with a series of tests or questions to be addressed in considering the proper response to a request or impulse to do something. The outcome does not pretend to be comprehensive, or adequate for all future contingencies, but it should help guide the process of deliberation leading to the making of decisions. It is intended to help guard against the less successful and more quixotic ventures which in retrospect we see to have been misconceived. It focuses consideration on the use and deployment of military forces and personnel, not on other governmental or NGO action.