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Also by Gerald Knaus:

Can Intervention Work?, August 2011
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Can Intervention Work?, August 2011
Hardcover
The Prince of the Marshes, August 2006
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The Places in Between, May 2006
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CAN INTERVENTION WORK?
By: Gerald Knaus, Rory Stewart

W. W. Norton & Company
August 2011
On Sale: August 15, 2011
272 pages
ISBN: 0393081206
EAN: 9780393081206
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

Rory Stewart (author of The Places In Between) and Gerald Knaus distill their remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military interventions into a potent examination of what we can and cannot achieve in a new era of "nation building." As they delve into the massive, military-driven efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, the expansion of the EU, and the bloodless "color" revolutions in the former Soviet states, the authors reveal each effort's enormous consequences for international relations, human rights, and our understanding of state building. Stewart and Knaus parse carefully the philosophies that have informed interventionism—from neoconservative to liberal imperialist—and draw on their diverse experiences in the military, nongovernmental organizations, and the Iraqi provincial government to reveal what we can ultimately expect from large-scale interventions, and how they might best realize positive change in the world.

Media Buzz

Charlie Rose - August 18, 2011
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - August 15, 2011