Why nation-building matters : political consolidation, building security forces, and economic development in failed and fragile states / Keith W. Mines.
Publisher:
Potomac Booksan imprint of University of Nebraska Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
xxv, 358 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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.
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.
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