US Nation-Building in Afghanistan

Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality conflicts inside the US state. This book rectifies this weakness in commentary on Afghanistan by exploring the significant role of these divisions in the US’...

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description Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality conflicts inside the US state. This book rectifies this weakness in commentary on Afghanistan by exploring the significant role of these divisions in the US’s difficulties in the country that meant the battle was virtually lost before it even began. The main objective of the book is to deepen readers understanding of the impact of bureaucratic politics on nation-building in Afghanistan, focusing primarily on the Bush Administration. It rejects the ’rational actor’ model, according to which the US functions as a coherent, monolithic agent. Instead, internal divisions within the foreign policy bureaucracy are explored, to build up a picture of the internal tensions and contradictions that bedevilled US nation-building efforts. The book also contributes to the vexed issue of whether or not the US should engage in nation-building at all, and if so under what conditions.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1599152025-07-29T16:52:30Z US Nation-Building in Afghanistan Keane, Conor CIA Team CIA Information foreign CIA's Role policy bureaucracy CIA Operative Combined Action Program Marshal Plan United States Central Command Foreign Policy Bureaucracy USAID Contractor USAID Official Common Language Material Considerations Tarin Kowt Senior Defence Department Official Senior State Department Official Cord Bureaucratic Politics Model Model III Afghanistan’s Legal System Rational Actor Model Bureaucratic Politics Approach Quick Impact Projects Counter-narcotics Strategy Ana thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWS Armed conflict thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administration Why has the US so dramatically failed in Afghanistan since 2001? Dominant explanations have ignored the bureaucratic divisions and personality conflicts inside the US state. This book rectifies this weakness in commentary on Afghanistan by exploring the significant role of these divisions in the US’s difficulties in the country that meant the battle was virtually lost before it even began. The main objective of the book is to deepen readers understanding of the impact of bureaucratic politics on nation-building in Afghanistan, focusing primarily on the Bush Administration. It rejects the ’rational actor’ model, according to which the US functions as a coherent, monolithic agent. Instead, internal divisions within the foreign policy bureaucracy are explored, to build up a picture of the internal tensions and contradictions that bedevilled US nation-building efforts. The book also contributes to the vexed issue of whether or not the US should engage in nation-building at all, and if so under what conditions. 2025-05-20T05:50:37Z 2025-05-20T05:50:37Z 2025-05-19T07:33:03Z 2016 book ONIX_20250519T091213_9781317003199_73 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102155 9781317003199 9781317003175 9781472474841 9781315548623 9780815396260 9781317003182 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159915 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102155/1/9781317003199.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102155/1/9781317003199.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315548623 10.4324/9781315548623 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781317003199 9781317003175 9781472474841 9781315548623 9780815396260 9781317003182 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Knowledge Unlatched Round 2 Routledge 256 Oxford open access
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Marshal Plan
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Material Considerations
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Senior Defence Department Official
Senior State Department Official
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Rational Actor Model
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CIA's Role
policy
bureaucracy
CIA Operative
Combined Action Program
Marshal Plan
United States Central Command
Foreign Policy Bureaucracy
USAID Contractor
USAID Official
Common Language
Material Considerations
Tarin Kowt
Senior Defence Department Official
Senior State Department Official
Cord
Bureaucratic Politics Model
Model III
Afghanistan’s Legal System
Rational Actor Model
Bureaucratic Politics Approach
Quick Impact Projects
Counter-narcotics Strategy
Ana
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CIA Operative
Combined Action Program
Marshal Plan
United States Central Command
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USAID Contractor
USAID Official
Common Language
Material Considerations
Tarin Kowt
Senior Defence Department Official
Senior State Department Official
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Model III
Afghanistan’s Legal System
Rational Actor Model
Bureaucratic Politics Approach
Quick Impact Projects
Counter-narcotics Strategy
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