04549nam 2200661 450 991046280500332120220223011152.01-62637-020-61-58826-809-8(CKB)2670000000373517(EBL)3328991(SSID)ssj0001046455(PQKBManifestationID)12396746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001046455(PQKBWorkID)11137252(PQKB)11395134(MiAaPQ)EBC3328991(Au-PeEL)EBL3328991(CaPaEBR)ebr10913609(OCoLC)929119953(EXLCZ)99267000000037351720140903h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUS policy in Afghanistan and Iraq lessons and legacies /edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. ScalesBoulder, Colorado :Lynne Rienner Publishers,2012.©20121 online resource (231 p.)Tower Center Political StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references and index.""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 “Catastrophic 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""Tower Center political studies.Iraq War, 2003-2011InfluenceAfghan War, 2001-2021InfluenceMilitary planningUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations21st centuryElectronic books.Iraq War, 2003-2011Influence.Afghan War, 2001-2021Influence.Military planning956.7044/31Brown SeyomScales Robert H.1944-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462805003321US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq2102572UNINA