American nation-building : case studies from Reconstruction to Afghanistan /

American nation-building : case studies from Reconstruction to Afghanistan /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dougherty, Kevin, author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Description:	vii, 232 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Nation-building -- Cross-cultural studies. Nation-building -- United States. Nation-building. United States. Cross-cultural studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11369973

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Other authors / contributors:	Pauly, Robert J., 1967- author.
ISBN:	9780786497966 0786497963
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Nation-building enterprises by the United States and the broader international community have run the gamut of success and failure. Examining the history of America's experience in nation-building, this book describes the mechanisms behind what often appears to be a haphazard enterprise"--

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
1. Nation-Building in Context
2. The Cases for and Against Nation-Building
3. Altruistic Nation-Building: Somalia
4. Self-Interested Nation-Building: Roosevelt's Corollary
5. Sequencing Security: The Philippines and Germany
6. Armed Resistance to Nation-Building: The U.S. South during Reconstruction
7. Nation-Building at the Local Level: Vietnam
8. Nation-Building at the National Level: Iraq
9. Nation-Building and Civil Society: Mitchelville
10. The American Government as Nation-Builder: USAID in Afghanistan
11. NGOs and IGOs as Nation-Builders: Bosnia
12. The Future of Nation-and State-Building
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index