Bestselling author Francis Fukuyama brings together esteemed
academics, political analysts, and practitioners to reflect on the
U.S. experience with nation-building, from its historical
underpinnings to its modern-day consequences. The United States has
sought on repeated occasions to reconstruct states damaged by
conflict, from Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War to
Japan and Germany after World War II, to the ongoing rebuilding of
Iraq. Despite this rich experience, there has been remarkably
little systematic effort to learn lessons on how outside powers can
assist in the building of strong and self-sufficient states in
post-conflict situations.
The contributors dissect mistakes, false starts, and lessons
learned from the cases of Afghanistan and Iraq within the broader
context of reconstruction efforts in other parts of the world,
including Latin America, Japan, and the Balkans. Examining the
contrasting models in Afghanistan and Iraq, they highlight the
Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq as a cautionary example of
inadequate planning.
The need for post-conflict reconstruction will not cease with
the end of the Afghanistan and Iraq missions. This timely volume
offers the critical reflection and evaluation necessary to avoid
repeating costly mistakes in the future.
Contributors: Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution and Stanford
University; James Dobbins, RAND; David Ekbladh, American
University; MichA]le A. Flournoy, Center for Strategic and
International Studies; Francis Fukuyama, Paul H. Nitze School of
Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Larry P.
Goodson, U.S. Army War College; Johanna Mendelson Forman, UN
Foundation; Minxin Pei, SamiaAmin, and Seth Garz, Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace; S. Frederick Starr, Central
Asia--Caucacus Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies; F. X. Sutton, Ford Foundation Emeritus;
Marvin G. Weinbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign
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