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Author Mines, Keith W., author.

Title Why nation-building matters : political consolidation, building security forces, and economic development in failed and fragile states / Keith W. Mines.

Publication Info. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of University of Nebraska Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Diplomats and diplomacy series
ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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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Subject Nation-building -- Case studies.
Nation-building.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Humanitarian intervention -- Case studies.
Humanitarian intervention.
Economic development projects -- Case studies.
Economic development projects -- Case studies.
Economic development projects.
Failed states -- Case studies.
Failed states.
Postwar reconstruction -- Government policy -- United States -- Case studies.
Postwar reconstruction.
Government policy.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Mines, Keith W. Why nation-building matters. Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of University of Nebraska Press, 2020 9781640122826 (DLC) 2019054497 (OCoLC)1120137549
ISBN 9781640123397 (electronic book)
1640123393 (electronic book)
9781640122826
1640122826