Learning from Darfur: Building a Net-Capable African Force to Stop Mass Killing

Authors

David C. Gompert, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Courtney Richardson, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University
Clifford H. Bernath, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Richard L. Kugler, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University

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Description

The purpose of this report is to explore one particularly promising model of combat force to intervene in Africa to stop mass killings and other atrocities. Its conclusion is that networking concepts and technologies that were effective in Afghanistan and Iraq can be used by Africans with intensive external help to field a capability for forcible humanitarian intervention.

Document Type

Occasional Paper

Region(s)

Sudan, Darfur

Topic(s)

Military Strategy, Emerging Science and Technologies

Publication Date

7-2005

Publication

Defense and Technology Paper

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, D.C.

Keywords

networking concepts, technologies, humanitarian intervention

Recommended Citation

Gompert, David C.; Richardson, Courtney; Bernath, Clifford H.; and Kugler, Richard L., "Learning from Darfur: Building a Net-Capable African Force to Stop Mass Killing" (2005). Defense and Technology Papers. 92.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/defense-tech-papers/92