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Author Hodge, Nathan.

Title Armed humanitarians : the rise of the nation builders / Nathan Hodge.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.02 H662    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.028 H66    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  355.028 HOD    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description viii, 338 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-327) and index.
Contents Prologue : Port-au-Prince, February 2010 -- Winning the war, losing the peace. Absolute beginners ; The PowerPoint warrior ; "Beat 'em up and go home" ; The other war ; Cash as a weapon -- History lessons. The Phoenix rises ; The accidental counterinsurgents -- Theory into practice. Wingtips on the ground ; Kalashnikovs for hire ; Peace Corps on steroids ; Windshield ethnographers ; Obama's war -- Conclusion : Foreign policy out of balance.
Subject Humanitarian intervention -- Political aspects -- United States.
Nation-building -- United States.
United States -- Military policy.
ISBN 9781608190171 hardcover $26.00
160819017X hardcover
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