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Summary:

"Why Nation-Building Matters establishes a framework for building security forces, economic development, and political consolidation that blends soft and hard power into a deployable and effective package"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Colombia, 1978 : a battered state and a dramatic comeback
• Grenada, 1983 : rescuing a hijacked country
• El Salvador, 1984 : vaulting over two centuries of development
• Somalia, 1994 : resisting nationhood
• Haiti, 1996 : with a lot of help from my friends
• Darfur, 2007 : beating back a genocide
• Waking up to new threats on 9/11
• Afghanistan, 2002 : starting from scratch
• Iraq, 2003 : the cornered Sunnis of al Anbar
• Afghanistan, 2012 : progress and challenge in the North
• Epilogue : the American way of war.

Author/Creator:

Mines, Keith W. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Why nation-building matters: political consolidation, building security forces, and economic development in failed and fragile states [by Mines, K.W.]

Related Series:

Diplomats and diplomacy series

Subjects:

Nation-building — Case studies

Humanitarian intervention — Case studies

Economic development projects — Case studies

Failed states — Case studies

Postwar reconstruction — Government policy — United States — Case studies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

JZ6300 .M56 2020eb

ISBNs:

9781640123397 (electronic bk.)
1640123393 (electronic bk.)
9781640122826 [Invalid]
1640122826 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1155924876

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6211872 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp301303231