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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961343503321

Titolo

Nonlethal weapons and capabilities : report of an independent task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations / / Graham T. Allison and Paul X. Kelley, co-chairs ; Richard L. Garwin, project director

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Council on Foreign Relations Press

[Washington, D.C., : Distributed by the Brookings Institution Press], c2004

ISBN

1-281-04155-6

9786611041557

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

vii, 63 p

Collana

Task force report (Council on Foreign Relations) Nonlethal weapons and capabilities

Altri autori (Persone)

AllisonGraham T

KelleyP. X <1928-> (Paul X.)

GarwinRichard L

Soggetti

Nonlethal weapons - United States

Peacekeeping forces, American

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- TASK FORCE REPORT -- ADDITIONAL OR DISSENTING VIEWS -- TASK FORCE MEMBERS -- TASK FORCE OBSERVERS -- APPENDIXES.

Sommario/riassunto

Integrating nonlethal weapons (NLW) more widely into the U.S. Army and Marine Corps could have reduced damage, saved lives, and helped limit the widespread looting and sabotage that occurred after the cessation of major conflict in Iraq. So argues this report of a Council-sponsored independent Task Force led by Dr. Graham T. Allison, director of the Belfer Center for science and international affairs at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, General Paul X. Kelley, USMC (ret.), former commandant of the Marine Corps, and former military officers, business executives, academics, diplomats, and congressional staff. Incorporating NLW capabilities into the



equipment, training, and doctrine of the armed services could substantially improve U.S. effectiveness in conflict, postconflict, and homeland defense. The Task Force report concludes that equipping U.S.-trained and -supported local forces in Afghanistan and Iraq with NLW would help reinforce authority and be more acceptable to local populations than conventionally armed troops.