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US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : Lessons and Legacies / ed. by Robert H. Scales, Seyom Brown.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Tower Center Political StudiesPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (221 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626370203
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.7044/31
LOC classification:
  • DS79.76 ǂb U876 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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