02726cam a2200457 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020002200081027001900103035002000122037001100142040001900153043003000172050002100202100003200223245007900255264003700334300002800371336002600399337002600425337002800451338003600479338002700515500003200542500002200574504005400596520106400650530005801714588004701772650004401819651006101863651005301924651003601977651006102013651005302074710002902127710002202156710003102178856005902209rnd000000000047398RAND920212s1985    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a   84022274  a083300610X (pbk.)  aRAND/R-3208-AF  a(Sirsi) a188491  c$30.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  an-us---ae-ur---ad------00aUA23b.H566 19851 aHosmer, Stephen T.eauthor.10aConstraints on U.S. strategy in Third World conflict /cStephen T. Hosmer. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1985.  axiv, 136 pages ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"Project Air Force"--Cover.  a"September 1985."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 131-136).  aThis report assesses the military and political constraints imposed on U.S. strategy and combat operations in past Third World conflicts and crises. It also explores the implications of such constraints for the design of strategies to meet future communist challenges and identifies the requirements that particular constraints may pose for Air Force missions. The motivations that lead decisionmakers to constrain U.S. military responses stem primarily from the concern to control the risks of military conflict with the USSR, limit civilian and U.S. military casualties, seek negotiated solutions to conflicts, and accommodate the policies of other nations. Likely constraints must be taken into account in future U.S. intervention decisions and contingency planning. The United States must pursue strategies that will force early war termination and allow it to enforce the subsequent peace. The Air Force must anticipate being called upon to generate the military leverage to force war termination and to provide tactical air support to indigenous forces.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aMilitary history, Moderny20th century. 0aDeveloping countriesxMilitary relationszUnited States. 0aSoviet UnionxMilitary relationszUnited States. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary policy. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary relationszDeveloping countries. 0aUnited StatesxMilitary relationszSoviet Union.2 aProject Air Force (U.S.)2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bAir Force.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3208/