LEADER 04085nam 22005775 450 001 9910796592403321 005 20180725125623.0 010 $a0-8122-9413-0 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812294132 035 $a(CKB)3840000000329900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5380462 035 $a(DE-B1597)493770 035 $a(OCoLC)1035516266 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812294132 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000329900 100 $a20180725d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBuilding Militaries in Fragile States $eChallenges for the United States /$fMara E. Karlin 210 1$aPhiladelphia : $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (283 pages) $cillustrations, map 311 $a0-8122-4926-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tChapter 1. Understanding the Problem -- $tChapter 2. Greece: The "Will to Win" Was Fruitless Without U.S. Involvement -- $tChapter 3. South Vietnam: Building a Military "American Style" -- $tChapter 4. Lebanon I: "The United States Is Short of Breath" but Others Are Not -- $tChapter 5. Lebanon II: "The Side That Won Was Willing to Kill and Be Killed" -- $tChapter 6. Findings and Implications -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aCombining rigorous academic scholarship with the experience of a senior Pentagon policymaker, Mara E. Karlin explores the key national security issue of our time: how to effectively build partner militaries. Given the complex and complicated global security environment, declining U.S. defense budgets, and an increasingly connected (and often unstable) world, the United States has an ever-deepening interest in strengthening fragile states. Particularly since World War II, it has often chosen to do so by strengthening partner militaries. It will continue to do so, Karlin predicts, given U.S. sensitivity to casualties, a constrained fiscal environment, the nature of modern nationalism, increasing transnational security threats, the proliferation of fragile states, and limits on U.S. public support for military interventions. However, its record of success is thin.While most analyses of these programs focus on training and equipment, Building Militaries in Fragile States argues that this approach is misguided. Instead, given the nature of a fragile state, Karlin homes in on the outsized roles played by two key actors: the U.S. military and unhelpful external actors. With a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Karlin unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought. Benefiting from the practical eye of an experienced national security official, her results-based exploration suggests new and meaningful findings for building partner militaries in fragile states. 606 $aSecurity Assistance Program 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$xEvaluation 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$zGreece$xEvaluation 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$zVietnam (Republic)$xEvaluation 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$zLebanon$xEvaluation 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 610 $aMilitary Science. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aSecurity Assistance Program. 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American$xEvaluation. 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American$xEvaluation. 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American$xEvaluation. 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American$xEvaluation. 676 $a355/.0320973 700 $aKarlin$b Mara E., $01534467 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796592403321 996 $aBuilding Militaries in Fragile States$93782076 997 $aUNINA