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LT. GENERAL WM. CALDWELL: But this manual, Stability Operations Doctrine, is even more unique. It focuses on the skills and capabilities not typically resident in our military forces. These soft-power skills, rebuilding and reforming of institutions, of governments, revitalizing fragile economies, restoring social well-being will be critical to the future where operating among the people of the world will be the norm. In fact, we call that mastering the human dimension of conflict, because this will truly be the only sure path to success.

These soft-power skills are drawn from the contributions of many different sources: the other departments and agencies of our government, the developmental community, the humanitarian community, our allies and friends, and even the private sector. To write about these skills and to do so in a way that would support our ability to work together in harmony required a very unique team of experts to pull this together. . . .

. . .This process helped to blaze a pathway to the future, to embark on a debate on how we'll develop the next generation of leaders, not just military leaders but leaders from agencies, organizations, and countries capable of foraging these effective teams; leaders who can unite diverse groups of people to work together towards a shared goal; creative and adaptive comfortable with operating in this complex environment that we find ourselves in, in the 21st century. This is the essence of what we call "the comprehensive approach," evolving leadership beyond traditional modes of command and control to embrace what we call and like to refer to as this "new C-3 of the 21st century," that of coordination, collaboration, and cooperation.

The comprehensive approach allow us to move beyond that unity of command to forge a unity of effort and a unity of purpose among the many of the diverse actors in this community. The comprehensive approach represents the greatest challenge our leaders will face in the next generation. Our leaders must understand that military force, although necessary, will never be sufficient; that military force, in fact, will win every battle engagement of which we are engaged in, but we alone will never be able to win the peace. By forging the comprehensive approach to operations, we in fact get at the very core of leader development for our military, and at Fort Leavenworth we are pressing forward with initiatives to achieve this energy so critical to the future success of our Armed Forces as we work together as a community of nations.

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