After the War Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush

• Main Author: Dobbins, James (auth)
• Other Authors: Poole, Michele A. (auth), Long, Austin (auth), Runkle, Benjamin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2008
• Subjects: Comparative politics; International relations; Military engineering; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 a...