Bibliograph

Flash points, lessons learned and not learned in Malawi, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Jade Wu

Type

Label

Flash points, lessons learned and not learned in Malawi, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Jade Wu

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Flash points

Oclc number

957554715

Responsibility statement

Jade Wu

Series statement

Excelsior editions

Sub title

lessons learned and not learned in Malawi, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan

Summary

From the hot savannah of Malawi to the cold, damp gray of Kosovo and into the volatile war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States and other donors have invested enormous financial and human resources in major peacekeeping and development efforts. Why then is the world no closer to being a?better and safer? place? Both a salient critique of US foreign assistance and a thought-provoking memoir, Flash Points describes the issues with personnel, language, and gender dynamics, as well as the cross-cultural challenges that often undermine and betray the best intentions of policy makers comfortably situated in Washington. Revealed in illuminating flashbacks, Jade Wu recalls her experiences in each of these four countries highlighting how, all too often, Americans in the field and the US government were unable to learn the lessons that ought to have been learned when dealing with host countries and their people. The final results were efforts poorly conceived and executed and, ultimately, detrimental to American national interests

Table Of Contents

Fresh in Malawi -- Crisis in Kosovo -- Surprise in Iraq -- Numbers in Afghanistan -- Bureaucracy in Washington

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