The day after : why America wins the war but loses the peace / Brendan R. Gallagher.
By: Gallagher, Brendan R [author.].
Publisher: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, ©2019Description: xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501739620 (cloth ; alk. paper).Subject(s): Nation-building -- United States -- Case studies | Peace-building, American -- Case studies | Postwar reconstruction -- Case studies | Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Participation, American | Afghan War, 2001- | Iraq War, 2003-2011 | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- | Libya -- History -- Civil War, 2011- -- Participation, American | United States -- Military policyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | JZ6300 .G35 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019730 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why do we win the war but lose the peace? -- Kosovo : not perfect, but tolerable -- Afghanistan : a road to incoherence -- Iraq : the worst of all worlds -- Libya : a slippery slope -- Conclusion.
"The author explores why we won decisive military victories in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya but then had no coherent plan to address the aftermath for each, ultimately costing thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, and whether now, with the benefit of hindsight, we can discern what happened and learn from it"--