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Author:

Gregg, Heather S., author.

Title:

Building the nation : missed opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan / Heather Selma Gregg.

Publisher:

Potomac Booksan imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

284 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Nation-building--Iraq.
Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
Nation-building--Afghanistan.
Postwar reconstruction--Afghanistan.
Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-
Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Afghanistan.
Diplomatic relations.
Nation-building.
Politics and government.
Postwar reconstruction.
Afghanistan.
Iraq.
United States.
Since 2001

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Bringing the nation back into nation building -- States, nations, nationalism and national unity -- State and nation building in Europe and the United States -- State building programs post September 11th -- State building in Iraq : 2003-2011 -- Counterfactual state and nation building in Iraq -- State building in Afghanistan : 2001-2015 -- Counterfactual state and nation building in Afghanistan -- A program for population centric state and nation building.

Summary:

Building the Nation argues that the U.S. led efforts to "nation build" in both Iraq and Afghanistan focused more on what should be called "state building."

ISBN:

1640120874
9781640120877

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031423596

LCCN:

2018006593

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)