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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144136203321

Titolo

After the war : nation-building from FDR to George W. Bush / / James Dobbins ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2008

ISBN

1-281-73663-5

9786611736637

0-8330-4556-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DobbinsJames <1942->

Disciplina

973.92

Soggetti

Democratization

Intervention (International law)

Nation-building

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Case studies

United States Foreign relations 1989- Case studies

United States Military policy Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Carnegie Corporation of New York."

"RAND National Security Research Division."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-152).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figure; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Presidential Style, Institutional Structure, and Bureaucratic Process; CHAPTER THREE Post-World War II Nation-Building: Germany and Japan; CHAPTER FOUR Post-Cold War Nation-Building: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo; CHAPTER FIVE Post-9/11 Nation-Building: Afghanistan and Iraq; CHAPTER SIX Toward Better Decisions and More Competent Execution; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This volume assesses the impact of U.S. presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure on nation-building, from the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism.