Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- Figure -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Presidential Style, Institutional Structure, and Bureaucratic Process -- CHAPTER THREE Post-World War II Nation-Building: Germany and Japan -- The Presidents and Their Administrations -- Planning for the Postwar Period -- The Allies -- Implementation -- Transition -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR Post-Cold War Nation-Building: Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo -- The Presidents and Their Administrations -- Somalia -- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene -- Implementation -- Transition -- Presidential Decision Directive 25 -- Haiti -- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene -- Implementation -- Transition -- Bosnia -- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene -- Implementation -- Transition -- Presidential Decision Directive 56 -- Kosovo -- Interagency Planning and the Decision to Intervene -- Implementation -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FIVE Post-9/11 Nation-Building: Afghanistan and Iraq -- The President and His Administration -- Afghanistan -- Planning for the Postwar Period -- Allies -- Implementation -- Transition -- Iraq -- Planning for the Postwar Period -- Allies -- Implementation -- Transition -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX Toward Better Decisions and More Competent Execution -- Bibliography.

From the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism, this volume assesses how U.S. presidential decisionmaking style and administrative structure can work in favor of, as well as against, the nation-building goals of the U.S. government and military and those of its coalition partners and allies.

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