US policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : lessons and legacies / / edited by Seyom Brown, Robert H. Scales

• 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
• 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: 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: How have the costs, both human and material, of US involvement in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq affected the country's will for conducting regime-change operations? What are the implications for issues of strategy? The authors of US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq assess the impact of the two conflicts on US foreign policy, military planning, and capacities for counterinsurgency and state building. They also offer keenly insightful guidance for avoiding the pitfalls and increasing the prospects for success when the United States does intervene.
• 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.: 9910815326803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Tower Center political studies.