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Building Militaries in Fragile States : Challenges for the United States by Mara E. Karlin (2018, Hardcover)

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Publication Date: 2018-01-19. Weight: 1.2 lbs. ISBN10: 0812249267. Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press.

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PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

ISBN-100812249267

ISBN-139780812249262

eBay Product ID (ePID)240365440

Product Key Features

Number of Pages296 Pages

Publication NameBuilding Militaries in Fragile States : Challenges for the United States

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectInternational Relations / Arms Control, Military / United States, International Relations / General, Security (National & International)

TypeTextbook

AuthorMara E. Karlin

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight16.1 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width7.6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2017-026862

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"This is a hugely important topic. Karlin brings the research excellence of a scholar and the experience of a practitioner to bear as she analyzes a type of conflict that will likely remain a critical area for U.S. foreign and defense policy over the next generation."--Michael Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania, " Building Militaries in Fragile States tackles one of the most important security problems facing the United States today. Karlin's work is thoughtful, informed, and compelling."--Daniel Byman, Georgetown University, "Mara E. Karlin combines rigorous scholarship with the knowledge and expertise gained from years of working on the front lines of Defense Department policy managing American military aid to states under enormous stress. This formidably written book has much to say to practitioners and scholars alike: it offers exceptional insight into an activity that the United States will engage in for decades to come."--Eliot A. Cohen, author of The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force, "This is a hugely important topic. Mara E. Karlin brings the research excellence of a scholar and the experience of a practitioner to bear as she analyzes a type of conflict that will likely remain a critical area for U.S. foreign and defense policy over the next generation."--Michael Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania, "Mara Karlin combines rigorous scholarship with the knowledge and expertise gained from years of working on the front lines of Defense Department policy managing American military aid to states under enormous stress. This formidably written book has much to say to practitioners and scholars alike: it offers exceptional insight into an activity that the United States will engage in for decades to come."--Eliot A. Cohen, author of The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force, This is a hugely important topic. Karlin brings the research excellence of a scholar and the experience of a practitioner to bear as she analyzes a type of conflict that will likely remain a critical area for U.S. foreign and defense policy over the next generation., Mara E. Karlin combines rigorous scholarship with the knowledge and expertise gained from years of working on the front lines of Defense Department policy managing American military aid to states under enormous stress. This formidably written book has much to say to practitioners and scholars alike: it offers exceptional insight into an activity that the United States will engage in for decades to come., Building Militaries in Fragile States tackles one of the most important security problems facing the United States today. Karlin's work is thoughtful, informed, and compelling., Building Militaries in Fragile States tackles one of the most important security problems facing the United States today. Karlin's work is thoughtful, informed, and compelling.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal355.0320973

Table Of ContentChapter 1. Understanding the Problem Chapter 2. Greece: The "Will to Win" Was Fruitless Without U.S. Involvement Chapter 3. South Vietnam: Building a Military "American Style" Chapter 4. Lebanon I: "The United States Is Short of Breath" but Others Are Not Chapter 5. Lebanon II: "The Side That Won Was Willing to Kill and Be Killed" Chapter 6. Findings and Implications Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

SynopsisWith a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Building Militaries in Fragile States unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought., Combining rigorous academic scholarship with the experience of a senior Pentagon policymaker, Mara E. Karlin explores the key national security issue of our time: how to effectively build partner militaries. Given the complex and complicated global security environment, declining U.S. defense budgets, and an increasingly connected (and often unstable) world, the United States has an ever-deepening interest in strengthening fragile states. Particularly since World War II, it has often chosen to do so by strengthening partner militaries. It will continue to do so, Karlin predicts, given U.S. sensitivity to casualties, a constrained fiscal environment, the nature of modern nationalism, increasing transnational security threats, the proliferation of fragile states, and limits on U.S. public support for military interventions. However, its record of success is thin. While most analyses of these programs focus on training and equipment, Building Militaries in Fragile States argues that this approach is misguided. Instead, given the nature of a fragile state, Karlin homes in on the outsized roles played by two key actors: the U.S. military and unhelpful external actors. With a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Karlin unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought. Benefiting from the practical eye of an experienced national security official, her results-based exploration suggests new and meaningful findings for building partner militaries in fragile states.

LC Classification NumberUA12.K286 2018