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The Challenge of Nation-Building. Implementing Effective Innovation in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Iraq War.
Rebecca Patterson
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Description for The Challenge of Nation-Building. Implementing Effective Innovation in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Iraq War.
The Challenge of Nation-Building examines the conditions that have allowed or prevented the U.S. Army to innovate for nation-building effectively. By doing so, it shows how military leadership and civil-military relations have changed. Num Pages: 268 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; GTJ; HBW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
In the last decades, the United States Army has often been involved in missions other than conventional warfare. These include low-intensity conflicts, counterinsurgency operations, and nation-building efforts. Although non-conventional warfare represents the majority of missions executed in the past sixty years, the Army still primarily plans, organizes, and trains to fight conventional ground wars. Consequently, in the last ten years, there has been considerable criticism regarding the military’s inability to accomplish tasks other than conventional war. Failed states and the threat they represent cannot be ignored or solved with conventional military might. In order to adapt to this new reality, ... Read more
In the last decades, the United States Army has often been involved in missions other than conventional warfare. These include low-intensity conflicts, counterinsurgency operations, and nation-building efforts. Although non-conventional warfare represents the majority of missions executed in the past sixty years, the Army still primarily plans, organizes, and trains to fight conventional ground wars. Consequently, in the last ten years, there has been considerable criticism regarding the military’s inability to accomplish tasks other than conventional war. Failed states and the threat they represent cannot be ignored or solved with conventional military might. In order to adapt to this new reality, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442236943
SKU
V9781442236943
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About Rebecca Patterson
Rebecca Patterson is an assistant professor at the National Defense University and an active duty lieutenant colonel in the United States Army whose specialty is Strategic Plans and Policy. She was a Strategic Advisor in the Commander’s Initiatives Group, Headquarters, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan. She also served as Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, where she worked at ... Read more
Reviews for The Challenge of Nation-Building. Implementing Effective Innovation in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Iraq War.
The author has produced a direct and candid historical evaluation, enumerating the conditions that have allowed the U.S. Army to effectively innovate nation building in some cases, and also those instances in which the Army's efforts have not been successful.... This is a highly compelling approach and provides structure to a complex subject... The strength of the book is the ... Read more