Seizing the golden hour : tasks, organization, and capabilities required for the earliest phase of stability operations /
This report analyzes the golden hour-the early phase of a postconflict stability operation-and the actions, organization, and capabilities necessary to seize it and set the conflict-affected country on a path to self-sustaining peace. The report combines a review of the literature in this field and...
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RAND Corporation,
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Publisher Address: | Santa Monica, Calif. : |
Publication Dates: | [2020] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Research report ;
RR-2633-A |
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This report analyzes the golden hour-the early phase of a postconflict stability operation-and the actions, organization, and capabilities necessary to seize it and set the conflict-affected country on a path to self-sustaining peace. The report combines a review of the literature in this field and a brief examination of key cases of U.S.-led stability operations. The authors find evidence that the early phases of postconflict operations are, in fact, critical for improving the odds of success and reducing the eventual costs of achieving an acceptable outcome. Both diplomatic and military actions to provide security in the postconflict country, as well as efforts to broker a broad-based coalition in support of the new political order, are essential. The United States must work to improve civil-military coordination in these early phases. There are also several relatively small investments the United States could make now, in a period of relative peace, to prepare for future contingencies so that it will be prepared to seize golden hours when they arise. |
Item Description: | "This research was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program"--Preface (page iii). |
Carrier Form: | xxxi, 240 pages : illustrations, form ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-240). |
ISBN: |
9781977404084 (paperback) : 1977404081 (paperback) |
Index Number: | U167 |
CLC: | E712.0 |
Call Number: | E712.0/D632 |
Contents: | Introduction -- Golden Hours and Path Dependency -- The American Experience -- Golden Hour Tasks -- Civil-Military Arrangements for the Golden Hour -- Army Golden Hour Capability and Capacity -- Findings and Recommendations. |