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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793121103321

Autore

Gregg Heather S.

Titolo

Building the nation : missed opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan / / Heather Selma Gregg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, NE : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-64012-140-4

1-64012-138-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 pages)

Disciplina

956.7044/31

Soggetti

Nation-building - Iraq

Postwar reconstruction - Iraq

Nation-building - Afghanistan

Postwar reconstruction - Afghanistan

Iraq Politics and government 2003-

Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-2021

Iraq Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Iraq

Afghanistan Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Afghanistan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bringing the nation back into nation building -- States, nations, nationalism and national unity -- State and nation building in Europe and the United States -- State building programs post September 11th -- State building in Iraq : 2003-2011 -- Counterfactual state and nation building in Iraq -- State building in Afghanistan : 2001-2015 -- Counterfactual state and nation building in Afghanistan -- A program for population centric state and nation building.

Sommario/riassunto

Building the Nation argues that the U.S. led efforts to "nation build" in both Iraq and Afghanistan focused more on what should be called "state building."