World Public Library

Joint Operations in the Gulf War : An Allison Analysis

Maj P. Mason Carpenter, USAF

Abstract

To what extent was the effectiveness of joint operations in the Gulf War influenced by individual service perspectives? This study uses Graham Allison’s three models of bureaucratic behavior (Model I, Rational Actor; Model II, Organizational Process;and Model III, Bureaucratic Politics) to answer this question.

Read this work at the World Public Library (library card needed).