Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9781422398883
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 2013-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781289224387
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.
Author : Kristen E. Boon
Publisher :
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199758190
Volume 111 of Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents, Discerning President Obama's National Security Strategy, makes available documents from the first fifteen months of the Obama administration that provide insights into its developing national security strategy. Included are documents that include detailed intelligence estimates and strategies as well as documents that outline important lessons regarding stability and reconstruction in Iraq. Additional documents provide valuable insight into the Obama Administration's Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategy. General Editor Douglas Lovelace, an expert in U.S. military matters, elucidates the complexities of military spending and of counter-insurgency tactics.
Author : Paul B. Stares
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0876094655
At head of title: Council on Foreign Relations, Center for Preventive Action.
Author : Dane F. Smith Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,14 MB
Release : 2010-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0313382638
This book provides a survey of the U.S. civilian and military agencies responsible for postconflict reconstruction and peace-building around the world and how these agencies function in the interagency process. U.S. Peacefare: Organizing American Peace-Building Operations surveys the evolution of the American peace-building apparatus during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, with an emphasis on changes since 2003, when the invasion of Iraq led the Bush Administration to adopt a Clinton-style nation-building approach they had previously vigorously opposed. U.S. Peacefare begins with a historical overview of official U.S. peace-building, then looks at the organization and interaction of the major federal agencies in the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Defense Department, as well the U.S. Institute for Peace, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Throughout, author and former Ambassador Dane Smith emphasizes how a deeper understanding of peace-building organizations and their interactions in particular cases is essential to strengthening future U.S. conflict management. The book addresses the critical overall issue of how peace-building is funded, but within the federal budget and internationally, and concludes with Smith's recommendations for reforming those organizations.
Author : Maria Ryan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 25,28 MB
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1503610667
America's war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts. Yet, as this book demonstrates, both the international campaign and the new ways of fighting that grew out of it played out across multiple fronts beyond the Middle East. Maria Ryan explores how secondary fronts in the Philippines, sub-Saharan Africa, Georgia, and the Caspian Sea Basin became key test sites for developing what the Department of Defense called "full spectrum dominance": mastery across the entire range of possible conflict, from conventional through irregular warfare. Full Spectrum Dominance is the first sustained historical examination of the secondary fronts in the war on terror. It explores whether irregular warfare has been effective in creating global stability or if new terrorist groups have emerged in response to the intervention. As the U.S. military, Department of Defense, White House, and State Department have increasingly turned to irregular capabilities and objectives, understanding the underlying causes as well as the effects of the quest for full spectrum dominance become ever more important. The development of irregular strategies has left a deeply ambiguous and concerning global legacy.
Author : Sharon Pickup
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 22,95 MB
Release : 2009-12
Category :
ISBN : 143791649X
U.S. gov¿t. agencies, including the DoD and the USAID have spent billions of dollars to develop Afghanistan. From FY¿s 2004 to 2008, DoD has reported obligations of about $1 billion for its Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), which enables commanders to respond to urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs. As troop levels increase, DoD officials expect the program to expand. This report assessed DoD's: (1) capacity to manage and oversee the CERP in Afghanistan; and (2) coordination of projects with USAID. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.
Author : John H. Pendleton
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 42,97 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1437916155
In Feb. 2007, the President directed the DoD to establish the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) to help strengthen U.S. security cooperation with African nations and bring peace and stability to the continent. This review assessed DoD's: (1) efforts to establish the command and communicate its mission; (2) progress in integrating personnel from other U.S. gov¿t. agencies into AFRICOM; and (3) plans and costs for establishing a permanent HQ and supporting offices in Africa. The auditor analyzed relevant documentation and obtained perspectives from the combatant commands, military services, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of State, USAID, and non-governmental organizations. Includes recommendations. Illus.
Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,36 MB
Release : 2017-09-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781976401398
The United States has become increasingly involved in stabilization and reconstruction operations as evidenced in the Balkans, Haiti, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In December 2005, the President issued National Security Presidential Directive 44, establishing governmentwide policy for coordinating, planning, and implementing U.S. stabilization and reconstruction assistance to affected foreign entities. This testimony addresses stabilization and reconstruction issues related to (1) State Department (State) efforts to improve interagency planning and coordination, (2) Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to enhance its capabilities and planning, and (3) State efforts to develop civilian capabilities. GAO's statement is based on its May 2007 report on DOD stability operations and preliminary observations related to State's interagency planning framework and civilian response capabilities.
