Building militaries in fragile states : challenges for the United States /

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Combining rigorous academic scholarship with the experience of a senior Pentagon policymaker, Mara E. Karlin explores the key national security issue of our time: how to effectively build partner militaries. Given the complex and complicated global security environment, declining U.S. defense budget...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Karlin, Mara E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Security Assistance Program.
Military assistance, American > Evaluation.
Military assistance, American > Greece > Evaluation.
Military assistance, American > Vietnam (Republic) > Evaluation.
Military assistance, American > Lebanon > Evaluation.
Assistance militaire américaine > Évaluation.
Assistance militaire américaine > Grèce > Évaluation.
Assistance militaire américaine > Liban > Évaluation.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Arms Control.
Diplomatic relations.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 20e siècle.
Greece.
Lebanon.
United States.
Vietnam (Republic)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding the problem
  • Greece: the "will to win" was fruitless without U.S. involvement
  • South Vietnam: building a military "American style"
  • Lebanon I: "the United States is short of breath" but others are not
  • Lebanon II: "the side that won was willing to kill and be killed"
  • Findings and implications.

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