US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462805003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-62637-020-6; 1-58826-809-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Collana: Tower Center Political Studies
• Disciplina: 956.7044/31
• Soggetti: Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Influence; Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Influence; Military planning - United States; Electronic books.; United States Foreign relations 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""The Regime-Change Question""; ""Counterinsurgency, Stabilization,and Statebuilding Strategies""; ""Implications for Military Planning""; ""Part 1: Postâ€?September 11 Foreign Policy""; ""The Emergent Debate: Introduction""; ""Operation Iraqi Freedom:Model for Where Not to Go?""; ""Afghanistan: What Will Be the Afterthoughts?""; ""Cumulative Impact on US Foreign Policy""; ""ch 1-US StrategyToward “Rogue Statesâ€?""; ""The Impact of 9/11 on US Strategy""; ""Iraq and Libya: Contrasting Nonproliferation Precedents""""The Obama Administrationâ€?s Policy Shift""; ""Notes""; ""ch 2-Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""The Top-Down Fallacy""; ""Insufficient Attention to Basic Structural Factors""; ""Overly Narrow Concept of Security""; ""Policy Overview""; ""Part 2: Military Strategy and Planning""; ""Reassessing Priorities: Introduction""; ""ch 3-Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""9/11 and Afghanistan""; ""Possible Ways of Dealing with Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein""; ""US Military Operations in Iraq: A â; €œCatastrophic Successâ€?""; ""The Counter-Revolution""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""ch 4-Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq""; ""The Surge, the SOI Movement, and Violence Reduction in Iraq""; ""Implications for Afghanistan""; ""ch 5-Winning the Wars Weâ€?re In""; ""Forgetting Yesterdayâ€?s Lessonsâ€?On Purpose""; ""A Failure of Adaptation""; ""Toward a “Better Warâ€? in Afghanistan""; ""Learning from Our Mistakes""; ""Notes""; ""Part 3: Counterinsurgency and Statebuilding""; ""Unanticipated Challenges: Introduction""; ""ch 6-Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""National Strategy and Policy""; ""Understanding the Iraq War""""The Principles of Strategic Counterinsurgency""; ""Applying the Right Lessons in Afghanistan and Pakistan""; ""Note""; ""ch 7-Assessing Counterinsurgency Operations""; ""Metrics in Afghanistan""; ""How Long Will It Take?""; ""Notes""; ""ch 8-The Predicament in Afghanistan""; ""The Failure of Governance in Post-2001 Afghanistan""; ""The Illusions of Outsourcing Basic Governance to Tribes and Warlords""; ""What Governance Deficiencies Matter Most to Local Populations""; ""Outside Intervention Policies and Governance-Building Efforts""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Part 4: Conclusion""""ch 9-Where Do We Go from Here?""; ""Disagreement over the Lessons""; ""A Constraining Legacy""; ""Acronyms""; ""Bibliography""; ""The Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""