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Gregg, Heather S.

Building the nation : missed opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan / Heather Selma Gregg. - 284 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-273) and index.

Bringing the nation back into nation building -- States, nations, nationalism and national unity -- State and nation building in Europe and the United States -- State building programs post September 11th -- State building in Iraq : 2003-2011 -- Counterfactual state and nation building in Iraq -- State building in Afghanistan : 2001-2015 -- Counterfactual state and nation building in Afghanistan -- A program for population centric state and nation building.

Building the Nation argues that the U.S. led efforts to "nation build" in both Iraq and Afghanistan focused more on what should be called "state building."

ISBN: 9781640120877 (cloth : alk. paper) 1640120874

LCCN: 2018006593

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Reconstrucción postguerra --Irak

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iraq --Relaciones exteriores--2003-
Irak --Relaciones exteriores --Estados Unidos
Afghanistan--Política y gobierno--2001-
Iraq --United States.
Estados Unidos --Relaciones Extranjeras--Iraq.
Afghanistan--Foreign relations--United States.

LC Class. No.: 414 DS 79.769 / G819b 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 956.7044/31