Fool's errands
Subtitle: America's recent encounters with nation building
By: Gary T. Dempsey with Roger W. Fontaine.
Contributors: Fontaine, Roger W.; Cato Institute.
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Intervention (International law) -- History -- 20th century -- Case studies.; Nation-building -- Case studies.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001 -- Case studies.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries -- Case studies.; Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Fool's Errands?; title: 2. Somalia: "If You Liked Beirut, You'll Love Mogadishu"; title: 3. Haiti: Voodoo Nation Building; title: 4. Bosnia: The Making of a Potemkin State; title: 5. Kosovo: False Peace, Futile Mission; title: 6. Conclusion: A Moratorium on Nation Building?.