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Watson examines the contempory nation-building experience of the United States and its allies in nations such as Somalia, Haiti, the Balkans, as well as in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Historical Incidents of Stability, Security, Reconstruction, and Transition Operations Prior to the Twenty-First Century Chapter 2 Security, Stability, Reconstruction, and Transition Operations in the New Era Chapter 3 Personalities Appendix: Documents Glossary Resources Index

About the Author

Cynthia A. Watson is Professor of Strategy at the National War College, serving as a core course director, Associate Dean of Faculty and Curriculum, Director of Faculty Development, and Director of Electives. She is the author of Nation-Building (2004), U.S. National Security (2002), and U.S. National Security Interest Groupsr (Greenwood, 1990), and was contributing co-editor of Political Role of the Military (Greenwood, 1996). Her most recent work is Military Education (Praeger Security International, 2006).