After the war : nation-building from FDR to George W. Bush

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Label

After the war : nation-building from FDR to George W. Bush

Title remainder

nation-building from FDR to George W. Bush

Statement of responsibility

James Dobbins ... [et al.]

Contributor

• Rand Corporation
• Dobbins, James, 1942-

Subject

• Democratization -- Case studies
• Intervention (International law) -- Case studies
• Nation-building -- Case studies
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Case studies
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- -- Case studies
• United States -- Military policy -- Case studies

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

In recent decades, the United States' overwhelming military superiority has allowed it to 'overawe' or overrun adversaries with comparative ease. However, consolidating victory and preventing a renewal of conflict has usually taken more time, energy, and resources than originally foreseen. Few recent efforts of this sort can be regarded as unqualified successes, and one or two must be accounted as clear failures. Prior RAND research examined the factors that contribute to this success or failure, including the natures of the society being reformed and of the conflict being terminated, as well as the quality and quantity of the military and civil assets of external actors. This volume addresses the manner in which U.S. policy toward postconflict reconstruction has been created and implemented and the effect that these processes have had on mission outcomes. Through the lens of presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure, from the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism, it is both possible and necessary to reassess how these elements can work in favor of, as well as against, the nation-building goals of the U.S. government and military and those of its coalition partners and allies

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

973.92

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

E840

LC item number

.A5895 2008eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography