After the war : nation-building from FDR to George W. Bush / James Dobbins ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dobbins, James, 1942-

Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Case studies.

Democratization.

Intervention (International law)--Case studies.

Intervention (International law).

Nation-building--Case studies.

Nation-building.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Case studies.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989---Case studies.

United States--Military policy--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume assesses the impact of U.S. presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure on nation-building, from the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figure; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO Presidential Style, Institutional Structure, and Bureaucratic Process; CHAPTER THREE Post-World War II Nation-Building: Germany and Japan; CHAPTER FOUR Post-Cold War Nation-Building: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo; CHAPTER FIVE Post-9/11 Nation-Building: Afghanistan and Iraq; CHAPTER SIX Toward Better Decisions and More Competent Execution; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"Prepared for the Carnegie Corporation of New York."

"RAND National Security Research Division."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-152).

ISBN:

1-281-73663-5

9786611736637

0-8330-4556-3

OCLC:

476183072

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access