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Author Patterson, Rebecca, 1974-

Title The challenge of nation-building : implementing effective innovation in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Iraq War / Rebecca Patterson
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Nation-building and its cousins: choosing cases -- Effective innovations for the nation-building of post-World War II Germany -- Ineffective innovations in operation Iraqi Freedom -- Explaining the absence of innovation in Korea and Vietnam -- Conclusion and policy implications
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject United States. Army -- Planning
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
Subject Nation-building -- United States -- History
Military planning -- United States
Civil-military relations.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Armed Forces -- Planning
Civil-military relations
Military planning
Nation-building
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020738979
ISBN 9781442236950
1442236957