In this timely work, Colonel Garland Williams analyzes the postconflict reconstruction gap in three case studies—Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan—and shows how military engineering brigades accompanying peacekeeping contingents can be put to use immediately after the conflict ends to restore vital infrastructure and social institutions.
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Colonel Garland H. Williams, U.S. Army, was the military assistant to the assistant secretary of the army for civil works. From 1999 to 2001, he commanded the 16th Armored Engineer Battalion in Germany, which was deployed to Kosovo during the peacekeeping mission there. As chief of contingency engineering for Allied Forces Southern Europe from 1996 to 1999, Williams served in Sarajevo as part of NATO's Implementation Force staff, coordinating the reconstruction of vital roads, bridges, ports, and airfields damaged during the Bosnian war. He was a senior fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace during 2002–2003.
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TODAY'S GLOBAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT is complex and full of unknowns. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reconstruction template, international civilian community, minimum military requirement, postconflict operations, postconflict reconstruction, former warring factions, emergency response phase, infrastructure reconstruction, scripted commentary, reconstruction mission, reconstruction gap, complex contingency operations, peace operations, former warring parties, interagency process, reconstruction tasks, engineer forces, civilian tasks, briefing slides, civilian response, district heating systems, peace support operations, civilian agencies, donor conference, mine clearance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, United Nations, World Bank, Cold War, Security Council, Air Force, Dayton Accords, State Department, Camp Bondsteel, Marine Corps, Department of State, Operation Enduring Freedom, Mine Action Center, Republika Srpska, World War, Bosnian Serbs, Camp Monteith, Engineer Battalion, National Guard, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mazar-e Sharif, National Capacity-Building Coordination Office, President Clinton, Soviet Union, Task Force Falcon New!
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reconstruction template, international civilian community, minimum military requirement, postconflict operations, postconflict reconstruction, former warring factions, emergency response phase, infrastructure reconstruction, scripted commentary, reconstruction mission, reconstruction gap, complex contingency operations, peace operations, former warring parties, interagency process, reconstruction tasks, engineer forces, civilian tasks, briefing slides, civilian response, district heating systems, peace support operations, civilian agencies, donor conference, mine clearance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, United Nations, World Bank, Cold War, Security Council, Air Force, Dayton Accords, State Department, Camp Bondsteel, Marine Corps, Department of State, Operation Enduring Freedom, Mine Action Center, Republika Srpska, World War, Bosnian Serbs, Camp Monteith, Engineer Battalion, National Guard, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mazar-e Sharif, National Capacity-Building Coordination Office, President Clinton, Soviet Union, Task Force Falcon New!
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- The Psychology of Peacekeeping by Harvey J. Langholtz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Army Forces for Operations Other Than War by Ronald E. Sortor in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Good Intentions: Pledges of Aid for Postconflict Recovery (Center on International Cooperation Studies in Multilateralism) by Shepard Forman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Decisions of the Highest Order: Perspectives on the National Security Council by Karl F. Inderfurth in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Toward Economic Recovery (World Bank Country Studies) by European Bank for Reconstruction and Dev in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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