After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
- ISBN-10
- 0833045563
- ISBN-13
- 9780833045560
- Series
- After the War
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-09-01
- Publisher
- Rand Corporation
- Authors
- James Dobbins, Austin Long, Michele A. Poole
Description
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.
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