ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the third pillar of success for US foreign policy in the post—Cold War era—the government's management, agency coordination, and policy implementation structure. It explores the international setting and challenges along with a brief description of the US experience with low-intensity conflict (LIC), special operations, and operations other than war (OOTW). The chapter examines the influence of attitudinal, legislative, and executive policy restraints, and the impact of conflicts on the US capability to cope with low-intensity conflict and operations other than war. It assesses the Clinton administration's policies and management of LIC and OOTW and provides recommendations to improve management and performance in this area. US involvement in special operations, LIC, and OOTW is marked by successes and controversy. The most glorious historical success was when American insurgents combined unconventional and conventional military action in the War for Independence.
