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.
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