Strikt Functioneel: Over de militaire ervaring met de organisatie van de terugtocht ; Strictly functional: The experiences of the Dutch military with the retreating of forces from international peacekeeping operations and national public cutbacks

The military is generally considered to act as a professional when it comes to retreating forces from military battleground or international conflict areas. At the same time recent national experiences with the withdrawal of national troops from international peacekeeping operations are filled with disappointments and crises. In this article the authors question the idea that these disappointments and crises are simply due to problems of reduced military competence or military morale. They argue that the military is still the alleged expert who knows how to perform military retreats and other... Mehr ...