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Building Militaries in Fragile States : Challenges for the United States.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (294 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812294132
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Building Militaries in Fragile StatesDDC classification:
  • 355.0320973
LOC classification:
  • UA12 .K286 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Problem -- Chapter 2. Greece: The "Will to Win" Was Fruitless Without U.S. Involvement -- Chapter 3. South Vietnam: Building a Military "American Style -- Chapter 4. Lebanon I: "The United States Is Short of Breath" but Others Are Not -- Chapter 5. Lebanon II: "The Side That Won Was Willing to Kill and Be Killed -- Chapter 6. Findings and Implications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: With a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Building Militaries in Fragile States unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought.
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Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Problem -- Chapter 2. Greece: The "Will to Win" Was Fruitless Without U.S. Involvement -- Chapter 3. South Vietnam: Building a Military "American Style -- Chapter 4. Lebanon I: "The United States Is Short of Breath" but Others Are Not -- Chapter 5. Lebanon II: "The Side That Won Was Willing to Kill and Be Killed -- Chapter 6. Findings and Implications -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Acknowledgments.

With a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Building Militaries in Fragile States unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought.

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