The Challenge Of Nation-Building: Implementing Effective Innovation In The U.S. Army From World War Ii To The Iraq War

Nation-building refers to a type of military occupation where the goal is regime change or survival, a large number of ground troops are deployed, and both military and civilian personnel are used in the political administration of an occupied country, with the goals of establishing a productive economy and a stable government. Such tasks have always been a challenge for the U.S. military, which is not normally equipped or trained to undertake them. Using military effectiveness as the measurement of innovative success, the book analyzes several U.S. nation-building cases, including post-War World War II Germany, South Korea from 1945-1950, the Vietnam War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. By doing so, it reveals the conditions that enabled military innovation in one unique case (Germany) while explaining what prevented it in the others.

• • Author: Rebecca Patterson
• • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• • Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 268 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1442236949
• • ISBN-13: 9781442236943