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After the war : nation-building from FDR to George W. Bush / James Dobbins ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democratization.
- Nation-building.
- Military policy.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Case studies.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1989---Case studies.
- United States--Military policy--Case studies.
- Nation-building--Case studies.
- Intervention (International law)--Case studies.
- Intervention (International law).
- Democratization--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Security Research Division, 2008.
- Summary:
- In recent decades, the United States' overwhelming military superiority has allowed it to "overawe" or overrun adversaries with comparative ease. However, consolidating victory and preventing a renewal of conflict has usually taken more time, energy, and resources than originally foreseen. Few recent efforts of this sort can be regarded as unqualified successes, and one or two must be accounted as clear failures. Prior RAND research examined the factors that contribute to this success or failure, including the natures of the society being reformed and of the conflict being terminated, as well as the quality and quantity of the military and civil assets of external actors. This volume addresses the manner in which presidential style, interagency structures, and decisionmaking processes have affected the eventual outcomes. The study found that some administrations have proved better at this than others, that all improved over time, and that this enhanced capability often failed to carry over to their successors.
- Contents:
- Chapter 2 Presidential Style, Institutional Structure, and Bureaucratic Process 3
- Chapter 3 Post-World War II Nation-Building: Germany and Japan 11
- The Presidents and Their Administrations 12
- Planning for the Postwar Period 15
- The Allies 24
- Implementation 27
- Transition 32
- Chapter 4 Post-Cold War Nation-Building: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo 37
- The Presidents and Their Administrations 38
- Somalia 43
- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene 44
- Implementation 45
- Transition 46
- Presidential Decision Directive 25 50
- Haiti 52
- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene 53
- Implementation 57
- Transition 61
- Bosnia 63
- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene 64
- Implementation 70
- Transition 71
- Presidential Decision Directive 56 71
- Kosovo 73
- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene 74
- Implementation 80
- Chapter 5 Post-9/11 Nation-Building: Afghanistan and Iraq 85
- The President and His Administration 86
- Afghanistan 90
- Planning for the Postwar Period 90
- Allies 93
- Implementation 96
- Transition 102
- Iraq 104
- Planning for the Postwar Period 104
- Allies 116
- Implementation 117
- Transition 124
- Chapter 6 Toward Better Decisions and More Competent Execution 135.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the Carnegie Corporation of New York."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-152).
- ISBN:
- 9780833041814
- 0833041819
- OCLC:
- 228631629
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