American Military Intervention: A User's Guide

Publication Date: September 2002

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): John Hillen

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: Missile defense

Type: Report

Abstract:

Deciding when, where, and how to intervene with military force presents a truly perplexing set of questions. In a post-Cold War world, with no overriding threat to serve as the focus for American national strategy, it is even more difficult to decide when, where, and how to use the U.S.’s limited military resources. In this increasingly uncertain world, it is therefore imperative that policymakers follow clear guidelines in deciding where and when American military intervention is most needed and how it can be most effective.