Disjointed Ways, Disunified Means: Learning From America's Struggle to Build an Afghan Nation - Couverture souple

Irwin, Lewis G.; Strategic Studies Institute

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780398433 ISBN 13 : 9781780398433

Editeur : Books Express Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, NATO's irregular warfare and nation-building mission in Afghanistan has struggled to meet its nonmilitary objectives by most tangible measures. This book explores shortfalls in the U.S. Government's strategic planning processes and the mechanisms for interagency coordination of effort that have contributed to this situation, as well as reforms needed to meet emerging 21st century national security challenges.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (Nato) irregular warfare and "nation-building" mission in Afghanistan has struggled to meet its nonmilitary objectives by most tangible measures. Put directly, the alliance and its partners have fallen short of achieving the results needed to create a stable, secure, democratic, and self-sustaining Afghan nation, a particularly daunting proposition given Afghanistan's history and culture, the region's contemporary circumstances, and the fact that no such country has existed there before. Furthermore, given the central nature of U.S. contributions to this Nato mission, these shortfalls also serve as an indicator of a serious American problem as well. Specifically, inconsistencies and a lack of coherence in U.S. Government strategic planning processes and products, as well as fundamental flaws in. . .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Books Express Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780398433
• ISBN 13: 9781780398433
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 440
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible