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The Beginner's Guide to Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95This guidebook is designed as a contribution to future nation-building efforts. It is organized around the components that make up any nation-building mission: planning, military and police contingents, civil administrators, humanitarian and relief efforts, governance, economic stabilization, democratization, and infrastructure development. more...
After the Taliban
Potomac Books Inc. 2008; US$ 24.95The first insider's account of the Bush administration's post9/11 diplomacy more...
Afghan Peace Talks
RAND Corporation 2011; US$ 9.95The objective of a negotiated peace in Afghanistan has been firmly embraced by most of the potential parties to a treaty. However, arriving at an agreement about the sequencing, timing, and prioritization of peace terms is likely to be difficult. more...
Coping with Iran
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95On March 21, 2007, the RAND Corporation held a public conference on Capitol Hill, Coping with Iran: Confrontation, Containment, or Engagement? featuring high-level experts and hosted by the director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center. More than 300 guests attended, including former ambassadors, members of Congress... more...
Europe's Role in Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Two previous RAND volumes addressed the roles of the United States and the United Nations in nation-building, defined as the use of armed force in the aftermath of a conflict to promote a durable peace and representative government. This volume presents six case studies of recent European-led nation-building missions: Albania, Sierra Leone, Macedonia,... more...
After the War
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95This volume assesses the impact of U.S. presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure on nation-building, from the postWorld War II era through the Cold War, postCold War era, and current war on terrorism. more...
Occupying Iraq
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95Focuses on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority during the first year of the occupation of Iraq. Based on interviews and nearly 100,000 never-before-released documents from CPA archives, the book recounts and evaluates the efforts of the United States and its coalition partners to restore public services, counter a burgeoning insurgency,... more...
The UN's Role in Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95Reviews UN efforts to transform eight unstable countries into democratic, peaceful, and prosperous partners, and compares those missions with U.S. nation-building operations. The UN provides the most suitable institutional framework for nation-building missions that require fewer than 20,000 men-one with a comparatively low cost structure, a comparatively... more...
Building a More Resilient Haitian State
RAND Corporation 2010; US$ 9.95Haiti's future prosperity and peace require building a more effective, resilient state. This report sifts through Haiti's many challenges and reform plans to identify the state-building priorities that are most necessary, feasible, and sustainable. more...
America's Role in Nation-Building
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95In Iraq, the United States is facing its most challenging nation-building project since the 1940s. The authors draw lessons from seven case studies--Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan--then apply these to the Iraq case. The results suggest that nation-building will be difficult but possible. Success will, however, require... more...









