TY - BOOK AU - Biddle,Stephen AU - Brown,Seyom AU - Caldwell,Dan AU - Felbab-Brown,Vanda AU - Litwak,Robert AU - Nagl,John AU - O’Hanlon,Michael AU - Robinson,Linda AU - Scales,Robert H. AU - Weinbaum,Marvin TI - US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq: Lessons and Legacies T2 - Tower Center Political Studies SN - 9781626370203 AV - DS79.76 ǂb U876 2012eb U1 - 956.7044/31 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Part 1. Post–September 11 Foreign Policy --; The Emergent Debate: Introduction to Part 1 --; 1. US Strategy Toward “Rogue States,” Robert Litwak --; 2. Learning from Our Mistakes --; Part 2. Military Strategy and Planning --; Reassessing Priorities: Introduction to Part 2 --; 3. Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq --; 4. Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq --; 5. Winning the Wars We’re In --; Part 3. Counterinsurgency and Statebuilding --; Unanticipated Challenges: Introduction to Part 3 --; 6. Strategic Counterinsurgency --; 7. Assessing Counterinsurgency Operations --; 8. The Predicament in Afghanistan --; Part 4. Conclusion --; 9. Where Do We Go from Here? --; Acronyms --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - How have the costs, both human and material, of US involvement in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq affected the country's will for conducting regime-change operations? What are the implications for issues of strategy? The authors of US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq assess the impact of the two conflicts on US foreign policy, military planning, and capacities for counterinsurgency and state building. They also offer keenly insightful guidance for avoiding the pitfalls and increasing the prospects for success when the United States does intervene UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626370203 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626370203 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626370203/original ER -