Building the nation : missed opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan /

Building the Nation argues that the U.S. led efforts to "nation build" in both Iraq and Afghanistan focused more on what should be called "state building."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gregg, Heather S. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Nation-building > Iraq. Postwar reconstruction > Iraq. Iraq > Politics and government > 2003- Nation-building > Afghanistan. Postwar reconstruction > Afghanistan. Afghanistan > Politics and government > 2001- Iraq > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Iraq. Afghanistan > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Afghanistan.

Table of Contents:

Bringing the nation back into nation building
States, nations, nationalism and national unity
State and nation building in Europe and the United States
State building programs post September 11th
State building in Iraq : 2003-2011
Counterfactual state and nation building in Iraq
State building in Afghanistan : 2001-2015
Counterfactual state and nation building in Afghanistan
A program for population centric state and nation building.