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The Day After : = Lessons in U.S. Postwar Planning.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Day After :/
Reminder of title:	Lessons in U.S. Postwar Planning.
Author:	Gallagher, Brendan Robert.
Description:	1 online resource (378 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-11A(E).
Subject:	Public policy. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355041804

The Day After : = Lessons in U.S. Postwar Planning.
Gallagher, Brendan Robert.

The Day After :Lessons in U.S. Postwar Planning. - 1 online resource (378 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-11(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

Why does the U.S. have difficulty planning for the aftermath of war? In recent conflicts, the U.S. succeeded brilliantly in battle, but then was caught flatfooted with no adequate plan for the day after. This dissertation contends that there is a tension between the deeply-rooted American desire to establish a democracy and the desire to conduct a quick withdrawal. The more aggressively the U.S. pursues one of these aims, the more it tends to undermine the other. This tension fosters uncomfortable choices that policymakers usually want to sidestep, but when they do so it can spawn an incoherent postwar approach that is at odds with itself. To help bring this tension to the surface and prompt tough but necessary decisions, postwar planning should tackle three fundamental tasks: (1) identify a clear, achievable political goal; (2) anticipate and seek to mitigate the foreseeable obstacles; and (3) mobilize resources aligned with the goal. This approach does not embody a magic elixir, but it does constitute a sensible way to try to force the key trade-offs in front of senior officials, particularly the president. Although in theory these fundamentals are rather simple, in practice there are significant pathologies that render them difficult to manage, including wishful thinking, deficient learning, under-utilization of the NSC, and crosscutting domestic political pressures. An analysis of U.S. postwar planning for Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya illustrates how the U.S. government has handled these challenges both successfully and unsuccessfully, in ways that strongly influenced the lasting political outcomes. This can shed light on what exactly went wrong in recent conflicts, and how the U.S. might improve the odds of winning the peace.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355041804Subjects--Topical Terms:

1002398
Public policy.
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554714
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