Why America’s Nation Building Office Failed and What Congress Had to Do With It

Since the end of the Cold War, America has led six nation-building missions. We have done none particularly well. Throughout the 1990’s, but particularly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. government tried to improve the way it ran ‘stabilization and reconstruction’ operations. That effort...

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Main Author: Brendan Ballou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Security Governance 2014-09-01
Series:Stability : International Journal of Security and Development
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Online Access:http://www.stabilityjournal.org/article/view/295