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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : National Defense University, [1993] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)47682390 Subject: International police. Excerpt: ... 10 WILLIAM H. LEWIS operations. Our topic has been finessed to examine military command and political control of coalition operations. The five parameters elected to form the basis for this short analysis and future discussion are:, -An Historical Perspective., , The Relationship between Peacekeeping and Peace Enforcement. * Command and the Commander. * The Essence of Decision-Making in Coalition Operations. * A Politico-Military Interface for the Future. AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE If we had seen the end of history, what is happening out there in the world today must be something of a revival. Coalition or Alliance warfare has been a recurring feature of past conflicts. Perhaps I should add that a coalition differs from an alliance principally in degree; the latter tends to be more formal and longer lasting. The great ' British ' victory of 1815 over the French at Waterloo was achieved by Wellington with only thirty-eight percent of his force originating from the British Isles. In the previous century, Winston Churchill's ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough, rarely recruited more than a quarter of his army from Britain. In those days it was traditional to hire troops from the minor states of Europe for a campaigning season which fitted in between the Spring and Autumn. Successful generals were invariably successful diplomats as well as being politically astute. Marlborough was a past master in the manipulation of the kings and princes of Europe as well as controlling and commanding his representative foreign generals. It was no easy task, requiring exhaustive diplomacy. In the close season, he worked with the political committees in London to ensure that he would want for nothing when the improving weather presaged the resumption of hostilities. As ever, good quality intelligence was a primary consideration. Marlborou
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