Brendan R. Gallagher

The Day After

Why America Wins the War But Loses the Peace

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since 9/11, why have we won smashing battlefield victories only to botch nearly everything that comes next? In the opening phases of war in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, we mopped the floor with our enemies. But in short order, things went horribly wrong.We soon discovered we had no coherent plan to manage the "day after." The ensuing debacles...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 208mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9781501739620
• ISBN-10: 150173962X
• Artikelnr.: 54811172

Autorenporträt

Brendan R. Gallagher is a US Army lieutenant colonel in the infantry who has completed seven tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, including multiple deployments with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He received the General George C. Marshall award as the top US graduate at the Army Command and General Staff College, and is currently a battalion commander. He holds a PhD in public and international affairs from Princeton.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: A Troubling Pattern
1. Kosovo: Not Perfect, but Tolerable
2. Afghanistan: A Road to Incoherence
3. Iraq: The Worst of All Worlds
4. Libya: A Slippery Slope
Conclusion: To Learn or Not to Learn