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Author: Brendan R Gallagher ,
Lloyd James
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Imprint: Blackstone Publishing
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9781982692629
ISBN 10: 1982692626
Publication Date: 14 November 2019
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A thought-provoking, exhaustively researched, and compelling account (and cautionary tale) of the enormous challenges of the 'post-conflict' phases of America's major post-9/11 interventions-by a true soldier scholar who served on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and then carefully studied the conflicts in which he had led soldiers. -- General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret) The Day After asks why America has so often won the war but lost the peace that followed. Brendan Gallagher's answers are correct and timeless: Postwar is harder than war. Beware of magical thinking. Learn from history. His book is a good reference for statesmen, scholars, and soldiers. -- Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl, US Army (Ret), author of Knife Fights The Day After is a searing indictment of American strategic incompetence-a tale of a musclebound giant repeatedly unable to transform military victory into durable political success. Through painstaking case studies of recent interventions, Brendan R. Gallagher shows that the main cause of the problem is national leaders who simply refuse to confront tough choices or engage in disciplined postwar planning. This book will make you angry-and it should. -- Gideon Rose, author of How Wars End
"""The Day After asks why America has so often won the war but lost the peace that followed. Brendan Gallagher's answers are correct and timeless: Postwar is harder than war. Beware of magical thinking. Learn from history. His book is a good reference for statesmen, scholars, and soldiers."" -- ""Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl, US Army (Ret), author of Knife Fights"" ""The Day After is a searing indictment of American strategic incompetence--a tale of a musclebound giant repeatedly unable to transform military victory into durable political success. Through painstaking case studies of recent interventions, Brendan R. Gallagher shows that the main cause of the problem is national leaders who simply refuse to confront tough choices or engage in disciplined postwar planning. This book will make you angry--and it should."" -- ""Gideon Rose, author of How Wars End"" ""A thought-provoking, exhaustively researched, and compelling account (and cautionary tale) of the enormous challenges of the 'post-conflict' phases of America's major post-9/11 interventions--by a true soldier scholar who served on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and then carefully studied the conflicts in which he had led soldiers."" -- ""General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret)"""
Author Information
Brendan R. Gallagher is a US Army lieutenant colonel in the infantry who has completed seven tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, including multiple deployments with the 75th Ranger Regiment. He received the General George C. Marshall award as the top US graduate at the Army Command and General Staff College, and is currently battalion commander. He holds a PhD in public and international affairs from Princeton University. Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico.
