The Day After - 9781501739620

The Day AfterWhy America Wins the War but Loses the Peace\nAuthor(s): Brendan R. Gallagher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501739620, 978-1501739620\nSynopsis\nSince 9/11, why have we won smashing battlefield victories only to botch nearly everything that comes next? In the opening phases of war in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, we mopped the floor with our enemies. But in short order, things went horribly wrong.\n\n We soon discovered we had no coherent plan to manage the \""day after.\"" The ensuing debacles had truly staggering consequencesmany thousands of lives lost, trillions of dollars squandered, and the apparent discrediting of our foreign policy establishment. This helped set the stage for an extraordinary historical moment in which America's role in the world, along with our commitment to democracy at home and abroad, have become subject to growing doubt. With the benefit of hindsight, can .