PDD/NSC 56 - Managing Complex Contingency Operations
This White Paper explains key elements of the Clinton Administration's policy on managing complex contingency operations. This unclassified document is promulgated for use by government officials as a handy reference for interagency planning of …
A political-military implementation (or pol-mil) plan shall be developed as an integrated planning tool for coordinating U.S. government actions in a complex contingency operation. The pol- mil plan will include a situation assessment and will specify …
Presidential Directives · Clinton Digital Library
Jan 20, 1993 · On the first day of the Clinton Administration, President Clinton abolished the use of National Security Review (NSR) and the National Security Directive (NSD), replacing them with the Presidential Review Directive (PRD) and the Presidential Decision Directive (PDD).
The impact of PDD 56 is determined through a pre-PDD 56 and post-PDD 56 case study comparison, treating PDD 56 as the intervention. U.S. operations in Bosnia in 1995 through 1996 provide the pre-PDD 56 case, and operations in Kosovo from 1998 through 1999 provide the post-PDD 56 case. Six variables are used to compare the two
Peace Operations (PDD-25) is designed to help policymakers reach sound conclusions about conflict prevention and resolution, and to help shape decisions about committing the United States to intervene in crises. PDD-56 was created to guide integration of diplomatic, military, humanitarian, and other
In May 1997, Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 56 “Managing Complex Contingency Operations” was signed, directing the creation of a cohesive program of education and training targeted at Executive agencies. PDD 56 provided recommendations to promote cohesive planning and management for complex crises.
Issued in May 1997, PDD-56, The Clinton Administration's Policy on Manag-ing Complex Contingency Operations4 codifies and institutionalizes an executive approach to complex crisis management.5 PDD-56 is the President's master strategy for dealing with the intractable internal conflicts that have become so prevalent in the post-Cold War world ...
Presidential Decision Directive 56 (PDD 56), May 1997 established the Clinton Administration's Policy on Managing Complex Contingency Operations.12 This policy focused on the rising number of territorial disputes, armed conflicts, and civil wars that pose threats to U.S. interests including regional stability.
Orchestrating Peace Operations: The PDD-56 Process
2 `Complex contingency operations' are defined as `peace operations such as the peace accord implementation operation conducted by NATO in Bosnia (1995-present) and the humanitarian intervention in northern Iraq called Operation Provide Comfort (1991); and foreign humanitarian assistance operations, such as Operation Support Hope in Central ...
PDD-56-1: Synchronizing Effects; Beyond the POL/MIL Plan.
PDD-56 has generated profound results in our effort to build cooperation and integration of effort in our pol/mil planning process. We need a national level Interagency CINC (CINCIA), charged with the execution of complex contingencies where unity of command can be brought to the interagency effort.