Waging War, Planning Peace (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs). Rapport<|

Waging War, Planning PeaceU.S. Noncombat Operations and Major Wars\nAuthor(s): Aaron Rapport\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9780801453588, 978-0801453588\nSynopsis\nAs the [url] experience in Iraq following the 2003 invasion made abundantly clear, failure to properly plan for risks associated with postconflict stabilization and reconstruction can have a devastating impact on the overall success of a military mission. In Waging War, Planning Peace, Aaron Rapport investigates how [url] presidents and their senior advisers have managed vital noncombat activities while the nation is in the midst of fighting or preparing to fight major wars. He argues that research from psychologyspecifically, construal level theorycan help explain how individuals reason about the costs of postconflict noncombat operations that they perceive as lying in the distant future. \n\n In addition to preparations for \""Phase IV\"" .