The Long War - Insurgency Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States

Hardback. New. Focuses on the history of nation-building during the era of decolonization and the Cold War and on the post-Cold War and post-9/11 pursuit of nation-building. This book explores themes that relate to 'successful' and 'unsuccessful' nation-building efforts from South Vietnam in the 1950s and 1960s to East Timor and Afghanistan in the 21st century.

Paperback / softback. New. The rise and fall of the Cold War coincided with the universalization and consolidation of the modern nation-state as the key unit of the wider international system. A key characteristic of the post-Cold War era, in which the US has emerged as the sole superpower, is the growing number of collapsing or collapsed states.… Read more about this item

Routledge, 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 275 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.00 inches.

Routledge, 2008. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 276 pages. 10.00x6.90x0.90 inches.