American Nation-Building: Case Studies from Reconstruction to Afghanistan

by Kevin Dougherty, Robert J. Pauly Jr., Jr., Robert J. Pauly, et al.

Nation-building efforts by the United States and the international community have led to both success and failure, overwhelming support and debilitating controversy. Some are motivated by national security interests; others by humanitarian concerns. They seem to have exploded since the end of the Cold War but in fact have long been used as a foreign policy tool.

What they all have in common is a substantial investment of troops, treasure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786497963
• ISBN13: 9780786497966
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher