02955nam 2200445 450 991062928900332120230317152655.09783031182792(electronic bk.)9783031182785(MiAaPQ)EBC7129825(Au-PeEL)EBL7129825(CKB)25299544100041(EXLCZ)992529954410004120230317d2022 uy 0engurcz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican and Canadian counterinsurgency strategies in Afghanistan /Federmán RodríguezCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2022]©20221 online resource (251 pages)Canada and International AffairsPrint version: Rodríguez, Federmán American and Canadian Counterinsurgency Strategies in Afghanistan Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031182785 1. Introduction -- 2. Countries with Different Material Capabilities Behaving Similarly -- 3. Unipolarity and Irregular Warfare: Assessing the Afghanistan Interventions Strategic Environment -- 4. American and Canadian Security Beliefs: Transitioning to Similar Foreign and Security Policies during the Afghanistan Intervention -- 5. Domestic Hurdles, Canadian and American Foreign Policy Executives(FPEs) Structural Autonomy and Resource-Extraction Capability -- 6. Conclusion: Unravelling the Research Puzzle.The book aims to explain the factors that brought about a high degree of similarity between American and Canadian foreign and security policies during the Afghanistan intervention. Specifically, it seeks to explain why, despite their different positions in the international distribution of power, the United States and Canada embraced similar counterinsurgency (COIN) strategies from 2005/2006 to 2011. During this time, the United States and Canada fought against insurgent groups, sought to maintain stabilized areas by mentoring Afghan forces, and invested in infrastructure and governance. These goals, which corresponded to the clear, hold, and build COIN components, entailed sending troops and civilian officials to a war zone and committing financial resources. Federman Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of the Faculty of International Relations, Political and Urban Studies at Rosario University, Bogota, Colombia.Canada and international affairs.CounterinsurgencyAfghanistanHistoryCounterinsurgencyCounterinsurgencyHistory.Counterinsurgency.355.0218Rodríguez Federmán1265711MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910629289003321American and Canadian Counterinsurgency Strategies in Afghanistan2968183UNINA