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

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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 fore...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Carnegie Corporation of New York
Other Authors: Dobbins, James, 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Security Research Division, 2008.
Subjects:
Since 1945
Nation-building > Case studies.
Intervention (International law) > Case studies.
Democratization > Case studies.
Reconstruction d'une nation > Études de cas.
Intervention (Droit international) > Études de cas.
Démocratisation > Études de cas.
HISTORY.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
Democratization.
Diplomatic relations.
Intervention (International law)
Military policy.
Nation-building.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989 > Case studies.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989- > Case studies.
United States > Military policy > Case studies.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989 > Études de cas.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1989- > Études de cas.
United States.
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Presidential style, institutional structure, and bureaucratic process
  • Post-World War II nation-building: Germany and Japan
  • Post-Cold War nation-building: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo
  • Post-9/11 nation-building: Afghanistan and Iraq
  • Toward better decisions and more competent execution.

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