The RAND History of Nation-Building

James Dobbins, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele, Richard Teltschik, John G. McGinn, Rollie Lal, Rachel M. Swanger, Anga R. Timilsina

ResearchPublished 2005

This two-volume set examines United States and United Nations nation-building missions since World War II. Its purpose is to analyze military, political, humanitarian, and economic activities in post-conflict situations, determine key principles for success, and draw implications for future nation-building missions. The first volume, America’s Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq, draws lessons from America’s experiences in rebuilding Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan and suggests how these lessons might be applied to the reconstruction of Iraq. Volume two, The UN’s Role in Nation-Building: From the Congo to Iraq, contains the lessons learned from eight UN cases: Belgian Congo, Namibia, El Salvador, Cambodia, Mozambique, Eastern Slavonia, Sierra Leone, and East Timor, and also examines the nation-building effort in Iraq.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Available
  • Year: 2005
  • Print Format: Paperback
  • Paperback Price: $63.00
  • Paperback ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-3739-8
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/MG304.1
  • Document Number: MG-304/1-RC

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Dobbins, James, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele, Richard Teltschik, John G. McGinn, Rollie Lal, Rachel M. Swanger, and Anga R. Timilsina, The RAND History of Nation-Building, RAND Corporation, MG-304/1-RC, 2005. As of September 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG304z1.html
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Dobbins, James, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Andrew Rathmell, Brett Steele, Richard Teltschik, John G. McGinn, Rollie Lal, Rachel M. Swanger, and Anga R. Timilsina, The RAND History of Nation-Building. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2005. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG304z1.html. Also available in print form.
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