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"The author explores why we won decisive military victories in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya but then had no coherent plan to address the aftermath for each, ultimately costing thousands of lives and trillions of dollars, and whether now, with the benefit of hindsight, we can discern what happened and learn from it"--
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2 editions- Other · English · 2019Cornell University Press · 320 pages · 9781501739637
- Other · English · 2019Cornell University Press · 320 pages · 9781501739620
International relationsPeacePostwar reconstructionAfghan war, 2001-Iraq war, 2003-2011United states, foreign relations, 1989-Libya, historyUnited states, military policy