When the United States Institute of Peace announced a joint fellowship program with the U.S. Army War College, some observers unfamiliar with the Institute's work noted an apparent irony: Why should an organization devoted to the peaceful resolution of international conflict work with an institution whose main job is fighting wars? This publication, the first product of the Institute-Army collaboration, demonstrates that there is no irony at all in the relationship.

Colonel J. Michael Hardesty was the 1995-96 Army Peace Fellow with the Institute's Jennings Randolph Program. Prior to his fellowship, Col. Hardesty was commander of the 46th Adjutant General Battalion at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He also served as adjutant general for the Tenth Mountain division (Light Infantry) during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia and the Hurricane Andrew disaster relief operation in Florida.

Jason D. Ellis is a doctoral candidate at American University's School of International Service in Washington, D.C. During 1995-96 he was Col. Hardesty's research assistant at the Institute.