Kosovo, those involving the effective use of force seem most pertinent at this time. Personnel killed as a result of hostilities ranged from none thus far in Bosnia, to 59,000 Vietnam.Īmong the "lessons learned" from these interventions relevant to the current situation in Results subject to varying interpretations (Haiti, Rwanda, and Bosnia).The numbers of U.S. Panama, Grenada), three as failures (Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia), and three have had mixed Three are generally regarded as successes (Iraq, Occurring after 1990, but not those prior to that. Security Council authorized the four interventions The 1982-1984 deployment to Lebanon.) Only Panama was a unilateral U.S. ![]() (Congress authorized the last 18 months of Congress has authorized only two of the deployments Iraq and Vietnam -Īnd the latter authorization was subsequently disputed. Rwanda was undertaken only to provide relief to millions of refugees in the The restoration ofĬonstitutional order or the rule of law, and enforcing political or peace settlements, are among the citizens, of economic interests and of human rights. Reasons included the need to reverse aggression, the need to maintain regional stability, and the More than one reason was cited for most interventions these (Lebanon in 1982-1984) to over 500,000 (against Iraq in 1991, Vietnam in 1961-1973), and lastedįrom a few months to over a decade. military personnel ranging, at peak, from about two thousand The numbers, purposes, circumstances and results of these interventions varied greatly. Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia. Of these, nine are cited as providing some type of lesson Military has intervened in other countries. ![]() The congressional debate on Kosovo has raised interest in previous cases where the United
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