US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales
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| Titolo: |
US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales
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| Pubblicazione: | Boulder, Colorado : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 956.7044/31 |
| Soggetto topico: | Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Influence |
| Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Influence | |
| Military planning - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 21st century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BrownSeyom |
| ScalesRobert H. <1944-> | |
| 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: Post�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 States�""; ""The Impact of 9/11 on US Strategy"" |
| ""Iraq and Libya: Contrasting Nonproliferation Precedents""""The Obama Administration�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 Success�"" | |
| ""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 We�re In""; ""Forgetting Yesterday�s Lessons�On Purpose""; ""A Failure of Adaptation""; ""Toward a “Better War� 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"" | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq |
| ISBN: | 1-62637-020-6 |
| 1-58826-809-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910462805003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Tower Center political studies.