Stephen M Saideman

Adapting in the Dust

Lessons Learned from Canada's War in Afghanistan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Adapting in the Dust is a vital evaluation of how well Canada’s institutions, parties, and policy makers responded to the need to oversee and sustain a military intervention overseas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781442646957
• ISBN-10: 1442646950
• Artikelnr.: 43775145

Autorenporträt

Stephen M. Saideman is the Paterson Chair in International Affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Alone in Kandahar? Canada in Comparative Perspective
Chapter 3: Considering the Kandahar Conundrum
Chapter 4: The Power of Minority Government: Manipulating the Confused and
Those Who Cannot Coalesce
Chapter 5: The Problematic Parliament: Detainees, Information Asymmetries,
and a Misplaced Focus
Chapter 6: Whole of Government or Holes in Government?
Chapter 7: The Canadian Forces: Winners?
 Chapter 8: Where Are the Canadians? The Public and the Media
Chapter 9: Learning Lessons and Drawing Conclusions