War and the Art of Governance
Consolidating Combat Success into Political Victory
Nadia Schadlow Nadia Schadlow (Innledning) Nadia Schadlow (Innledning) Nadia Schadlow (Innledning) Nadia Schadlow (Innledning) Nadia Schadlow (Innledning) Nadia Schadlow (Innledning) Nadia Schadlow (Innledning)
«It is clear from "War and the Art of Governance" that the nation must never go to war again until it can definitely answer Gen. Petraeus's question about "how this ends." It ends only when the U.S. Army assumes the mantle of leadership and commits itself to remaining on the field until the lives of the population can be protected, the damage repaired and a political future guaranteed. Wall Street Journal [Schadlow's] recent book ... is a full-throated endorsement of the importance of the political dimensions of military operations and a clear rejection of quick exits following interventions. Schadlow argues, convincingly, that more than 100 years of US military interventions abroad have shown that the United States consistently makes the mistake of focusing on the tactical operations and ignoring the hard work of political development and reconstruction - not nation-building per se, but sustained attention after the bombs stop dropping. -- Josh Rogin The Washington Post [The] conclusions represent important guidelines for every potential use of force in our future. World Affairs Journal In her excellent book ... Schadlow argues eloquently that war is not over until battlefield success is translated into political victory. Washington Times»
Success in war ultimately depends on the consolidation of political order. Nadia Schadlow argues that the steps needed to consolidate a new political order are not separate from war. They are instead an essential component of war and victory.
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Success in war ultimately depends on the consolidation of political order. Nadia Schadlow argues that the steps needed to consolidate a new political order are not separate from war. They are instead an essential component of war and victory. The challenge of governance operations did not start with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US Army's involvement in the political and economic reconstruction of states has been central to all its armed conflicts from large-scale conventional wars to so-called irregular or counterinsurgency wars. Yet, US policymakers and military leaders have failed to institutionalize lessons on how to consolidate combat gains into desired political outcomes. War and the Art of Governance examines fifteen historical cases of US Army military interventions, from the Mexican War through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Improving future outcomes will require US policymakers and military leaders to accept that plans, timelines, and resources must be shaped to reflect this reality before they intervene in a conflict, not after things go wrong.
Schadlow provides clear lessons for students and scholars of security studies and military history, as well as for policymakers and the military personnel who will be involved in the next foreign intervention.
Schadlow provides clear lessons for students and scholars of security studies and military history, as well as for policymakers and the military personnel who will be involved in the next foreign intervention.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Georgetown University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781626164109
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
- Priser
- Winner of International Security Studies Section Best Book Award United States and Lionel Gelber Prize United States and Captain Richard Lukaszewicz Memorial Book Award United States and Georgetown University Book Prize honoring Joseph S. Lepgold United States.
Om forfatteren
Nadia Schadlow is deputy assistant to the president for national security strategy. She is a senior program officer in the International Security and Foreign Policy Program of the Smith Richardson Foundation. She has published articles about national security in the Wall Street Journal, ForeignPolicy.com, The American Interest, Parameters, War on the Rocks, and elsewhere. She has a PhD from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
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«It is clear from "War and the Art of Governance" that the nation must never go to war again until it can definitely answer Gen. Petraeus's question about "how this ends." It ends only when the U.S. Army assumes the mantle of leadership and commits itself to remaining on the field until the lives of the population can be protected, the damage repaired and a political future guaranteed. Wall Street Journal [Schadlow's] recent book ... is a full-throated endorsement of the importance of the political dimensions of military operations and a clear rejection of quick exits following interventions. Schadlow argues, convincingly, that more than 100 years of US military interventions abroad have shown that the United States consistently makes the mistake of focusing on the tactical operations and ignoring the hard work of political development and reconstruction - not nation-building per se, but sustained attention after the bombs stop dropping. -- Josh Rogin The Washington Post [The] conclusions represent important guidelines for every potential use of force in our future. World Affairs Journal In her excellent book ... Schadlow argues eloquently that war is not over until battlefield success is translated into political victory. Washington Times»
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