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9789085550501

Mission Uruzgan

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  • ISBN13:

    9789085550501

  • ISBN10:

    9085550505

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-06-15
  • Publisher: Pallas Pubns
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Summary

From autumn 2001 onwards, Dutch armed forces have been involved in military operations in Afghanistan. These deployments found their culmination in a four-year period (2006 - 2010) when the Netherlands acted as lead-nation in the province of Uruzgan. This important study provides a wealth of insights into the many problems the military organisation had to cope with, as well as into the solutions achieved by the Dutch soldiers, collaborating with partners in multiple coalitions. Focusing on the collaborative aspect, the authors trace the principles and practice of working together with partners in multiple military coalitions, involving the local population and its variety of power brokers, allies in and beyond NATO, and civil and military entrepreneurs.

Author Biography

Robert Beeres is associate professor of defence accounting control and economics at the Netherlands Defence Academy and at the Nyenrode Business University. Jan Van Der Meulen is associate professor of civil-military relations at the Netherlands Defence Academy, and professor by special appointment at Leiden University. Joseph Soeters is a professor of organization studies at the Netherlands Defence Academy and Tilburg University. Ad Vogelaar is professor of human resource management and organisational psychology at the Netherlands Defence Academy.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tablesp. 9
Introduction: Among hosts, allies and opposing forces; the Dutch military in Uruzganp. 11
Setting the Stage
Brussels calling: National politics under international pressurep. 17
Legitimizing the use of force: Legal bases for operations Enduring Freedom and ISAFp. 33
Getting there and back: Organizing long-distance military logistics with customers in mindp. 47
Security
Controlling the use of forcep. 67
Military ethics and Afghanistanp. 81
On your own in the desert: The dynamics of self-steering leadershipp. 93
Strain and stress: Role ambiguity in an unfriendly environmentp. 107
The use of air power in Uruzganp. 119
Vipers or tigers?: Early Dutch special forces operations in Uruzganp. 133
Planning dilemmas in coalition operationsp. 147
Trust thy ally: Multinational military cooperation in Uruzganp. 161
Reconstruction
Reconstruction through constructionp. 179
Talking to strangers, learning to listenp. 195
Stimulating entrepreneurship in Uruzgan: IDEA-officers focusing on private sector development in post-conflict environmentsp. 207
Enhancing Uruzgani Governance: The viability of a PRT's civil-military networkp. 221
Task Force Uruzgan and experimentation with organization designp. 235
Military engagement in civilian healthcare in Uruzgan: An ethical perspectivep. 251
Evaluating
Dutch Treat?: Burden sharing in Afghanistanp. 267
Taking stock: The social construction of effectivenessp. 281
It's not over till it's over: Sharing memories at the home frontp. 295
Books and bikes: Noises and voices of veteransp. 309
Epilogue: Looking back and moving onp. 327
Contributorsp. 335
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