Towards a New Way of War: American Strategy and the Utility of Force

Assia Sehili

Auteurs-es

Assia Sehili Departement des Lettres et Langue Anglaise, Faculté des Lettres et des Langues, Université Constantine 1, Algérie.

Mots-clés :

Guerre du Vietnam, Utilité de la force, Nouveau mode de guerre, Crise, Stratégie américaine

Résumé

Les fondements d'un mode de guerre américain typique issu d'une culture stratégique spécifique ont été profondément remis en cause tout au long de l'histoire américaine par une succession de crises. La plus importante d'entre elles a été l'échec de l'intervention militaire américaine au Vietnam. Cette crise a produit des transformations cruciales qui ont à leur tour engendré un nouveau mode de guerre. Ce nouveau mode de guerre, s'appuyant sur les dernières technologies de l'information et de l'armement, a permis aux États-Unis de préserver leur statut mondial au lendemain de la guerre froide, mais n'a absolument pas répondu à la préoccupation centrale de la stratégie, à savoir donner à la guerre son utilité politique effective. Cet article tente d'évaluer l'importance accordée aux États-Unis à la compréhension de la stratégie militaire à la lumière des variables internes et externes et la mesure dans laquelle cette compréhension reflète l'importance accordée à l'utilité de la force militaire en tant que continuation de la politique.

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