Conference Report: Winning the War by Winning the Peace : Strategy for Conflict and Post-Conflict in the 21st Century

The conference theme for year 2004 was "Winning the War by Winning the Peace: Strategy for Conflict and Post-Conflict in the 21st Century." Informed by the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf wars fought by the United States and its allies during the last half of the 20th century--wars in which, despite the qualitative superiority of our forces, the outcomes proved to be less than satisfactory--the conference theme for 2004 entailed a deep probe into the question of how can the West, in this new century of omnipresent terrorism, capitalize on its superior military and economic might to achieve a satisfying and enduring modus vivendi. The search for answers to this central question was lent added relevance and urgency by the fact that the allied anti-insurgency wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were transpiring even as the conference proceeded and, indeed, even as this report goes to press. The Strategic Studies Institute is pleased to provide this summary of the 2004 conference presentations along with a distillation of conference findings and conclusions.Army War Coll Strategic Studies Inst Carlisle Barracks Pa is the author of 'Conference Report: Winning the War by Winning the Peace : Strategy for Conflict and Post-Conflict in the 21st Century', published 2004 under ISBN 9781423586692 and ISBN 1423586697.