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Author Dempsey, Gary.

Title Fool's errands : America's recent encounters with nation building / Gary T. Dempsey with Roger W. Fontaine
Published Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2001]
©2001

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Description ix, 224 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Introduction: Fool's Errands? -- 2. Somalia: "If You Liked Beirut, You'll Love Mogadishu" -- 3. Haiti: Voodoo Nation Building -- 4. Bosnia: The Making of a Potemkin State -- 5. Kosovo: False Peace, Futile Mission -- 6. Conclusion: A Moratorium on Nation Building?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-215) and index
Subject Intervention (International law) -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.
SUBJECT Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114847 -- Case studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001484
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006414 -- Case studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001484
United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100071 -- Case studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001484
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Fontaine, Roger W.
Cato Institute.
LC no. 2001028833
ISBN 1930865066
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