1. Introduction. The Need for Outside Military Combat Forces -- 2. Planning and Conducting an Intervention. Establishing Lodgments. Establishing Strongholds. Neutralizing Hostile Forces and Extending Control -- 3. Mandates, Exit Strategies, and Mission Duration. When Not to Intervene. To Nation-Build, Nation-Divide, Negotiate, or Neutralize? Basic Elements of Nation-Building and Nation-Repairing -- 4. Costs and Casualties. Budgetary Costs. Casualty Estimates
Summary
In this book, military analyst Michael O'Hanlon shows how outside forces could intervene to stop an ongoing cycle of warfare in a country whose government has collapsed or come under severe internal challenge