Showing After the War : Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush by James Dobbins

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.