Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv - Understanding Civil-Military Interaction: Lessons Learned from the Norwegian Model

UNDERSTANDING CIVIL-MILITARY INTERACTION

Edited by Professor Howard M. Hensel, Air War College, USA

The Ashgate Series on Military Strategy and Operational Art analyzes and assesses the synergistic interrelationship between joint and combined military operations, national military strategy, grand strategy, and national political objectives in peacetime, as well as during periods of armed conflict. In doing so, the series highlights how various patterns of civilmilitary relations, as well as styles of political and military leadership influence the outcome of armed conflicts. In addition, the series highlights both the advantages and challenges associated with the joint and combined use of military forces involved in humanitarian relief, nation building, and peacekeeping operations, as well as across the spectrum of conflict extending from limited conflicts fought for limited political objectives to total war fought for unlimited objectives. Finally, the series highlights the complexity and challenges associated with insurgency and counter-insurgency operations, as well as conventional operations and operations involving the possible use of weapons of mass destruction.

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Lessons Learned from the Norwegian Model

GUNHILD HOOGENSEN GJRV
University of Troms, Norway

ASHGATE

Gunhild Hoogensen Gjrv 2014

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Hoogensen Gjrv, Gunhild, 1966

Understanding civil-military interaction : lessons learned from the Norwegian model / by Gunhild Hoogensen Gjrv.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4094-4966-9 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-4094-4967-6 (ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-4094-7403-6 (epub) 1. Civil-military relations. 2. Civil-military relations--Norway. I. Title.

JF195.H66 2014

322.5--dc23

2013033197

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To Anders,

Many of our conversations are in this book. You would have read this book and found them. Many more conversations were meant to follow.

The boy with the great big smile, sprawled on the couch chatting about anything and everything, in Moods of Norway pyjamas is so sorely missed. I am grateful to you, your parents Gerd and Viggo, and your brother Stian, that you shared your smile with us and that you opened your heart to become a part of our family as well.

This is your book.

Anders Kristiansen
30 January 199322 July 2011

This project and resulting book would not have been possible were it not for the full financial and research support of the UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

I am very thankful for the enormous support provided by all the respondents who contributed to increasing my understanding and analysis of civil-military interaction, and of the Norwegian experiences in civil-military operations. I would particularly like to thank the Norwegian Army Land Warfare Centre (Hrens Vpenskole), Brigade North, the Norwegian Joint Operational Headquarters, the Norwegian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, the CIMIC Centre of Excellence (CCOE), the Norwegian delegation and international participants of Multinational Experiment 6 (objective 4.3 on cultural awareness), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Central Asia Institute (CAI), the Afghan NGO Safety Office (ANSO), the Norwegian National Contingent Commander (NCC) and PRT Meymaneh (more commonly written as Maimana in Afghanistan) for being so supportive during my various trips to Afghanistan. A special thank you and dedication to the Afghan people I met who have been willing to share their thoughts and experiences regarding international efforts in their country. Lastly I owe enormous thanks to my husband, Jardar Gjrv, who has tolerated endless questions and comments positive and negative about his profession in the military, has been supportive during my trips to Afghanistan, and has long wondered when this book would be finished. Jardar has been (and continues to be) the ultimate source of support, inspiration and love.