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After the War

Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush

by James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, Austin Long, Benjamin Runkle ยท 2008

ISBN: 0833045563 9780833045560

Category: Political Science / Comparative Politics

Page count: 188

From the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism, this volume assesses how U.S. presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure can work in favor of, as well as against, the nation-building goals of the U.S. government and military and those of its coalition partners and allies.