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On this readily accessible study, political scientist Glenn J. Antizzo recognizes 15 factors critical to the success of modern US military intervention and evaluates the likely efficacy of direct US armed forces participation today - when it'll work, when you won't, and how to undertake such action in a manner that will bring fast victory at an acceptable political cost. He lays out the preconditions that portend success, included in this a clear and attainable goal; a quest that is neither for "peacekeeping" nor for "humanitarian help within a warfare zone"; a strong likelihood the American community will support or at least be indifferent to the effort; a willingness to utilize ground forces if required; an procedure limited in geographic range; and a theater commander allowed discretion in the course of the procedure. Antizzo then checks his abstract requirements by using real-world case studies of the most recent totally completed US armed forces interventions - in Panama in 1989, Iraq in 1991, Somalia in 1992-94, and Kosovo in 1999 - with Panama, Iraq, and Kosovo representing generally successful interventions and Somalia an unsuccessful one. Finally, he considers the way the development of a "Somalia Symptoms" afflicted US foreign policy and the way the politics and practice of armed forces intervention have continuing to evolve because the terrorist problems of Sept 11, 2001, offering specific attention to the current warfare in Afghanistan and the larger War on Terror.
