US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq : : Lessons and Legacies / / ed. by Robert H. Scales, Seyom Brown.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Biddle, Stephen,; Brown, Seyom,; Caldwell, Dan,; Felbab-Brown, Vanda,; Litwak, Robert,; Nagl, John,; O’Hanlon, Michael,; Robinson, Linda,; Scales, Robert H.,; Weinbaum, Marvin,
• HerausgeberIn: Brown, Seyom,; Scales, Robert H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Tower Center Political Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (221 p.)

How have the costs, both human and material, of US involvement in the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq affected the country's will for conducting regime-change operations? What are the implications for issues of strategy? The authors of US Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq assess the impact of th...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1. Post–September 11 Foreign Policy
• The Emergent Debate: Introduction to Part 1
• 1. US Strategy Toward “Rogue States,” Robert Litwak
• 2. Learning from Our Mistakes
• Part 2. Military Strategy and Planning
• Reassessing Priorities: Introduction to Part 2
• 3. Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq
• 4. Lessons Learned in Afghanistan and Iraq
• 5. Winning the Wars We’re In
• Part 3. Counterinsurgency and Statebuilding
• Unanticipated Challenges: Introduction to Part 3
• 6. Strategic Counterinsurgency
• 7. Assessing Counterinsurgency Operations
• 8. The Predicament in Afghanistan
• Part 4. Conclusion
• 9. Where Do We Go from Here?
• Acronyms
• Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book