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an insider's account of Liberia
By Sean McFate
"Building better armies" was published by Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press in 2013 - Carlisle, PA, it has 130 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Building better armies” Metadata:
- Title: Building better armies
- Author: Sean McFate
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 130
- Publisher: ➤ Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
- Publish Date: 2013
- Publish Location: Carlisle, PA
“Building better armies” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Disarmament - Methodology - Armed Forces - Demobilization - Veteran reintegration - Security sector - Nation-building - Security sector reform
- Places: Liberia
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xiv, 130 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL31002495M - OL23165244W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 865000341 - 862961777
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2013496772
- ISBN-13: 9781584875994
- ISBN-10: 1584875992
- All ISBNs: 1584875992 - 9781584875994
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"Building better armies" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Introduction
- 2- Establishing a state's monopoly of force. DDR : disbanding the competition
- 3- SSR : acquiring the monopoly of force
- 4- DDR and SSR linkages
- 5- The case of Liberia. Historical roots of the conflict
- 6- Outsourcing DDR and SSR
- 7- Blueprint for the new army
- 8- Razing an army : que sera sera
- 9- Raising an army in five steps
- 10- Other challenges
- 11- Conclusion.
"Building better armies" Description:
The Open Library:
Recent events in Mali, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere demonstrate that building professional indigenous forces is imperative to regional stability, yet few success stories exist. Liberia is a qualified "success," and this study explores how it was achieved by the program's chief architect. Liberia suffered a 14-year civil war replete with human rights atrocities that killed 250,000 people and displaced a third of its population. Following President Charles Taylor's exile in 2003, the U.S. contracted DynCorp International to demobilize and rebuild the Armed Forces of Liberia and Ministry of Defense; the first time in 150 years that one sovereign nation hired a private company to raise another sovereign nation's military. This monograph explores the theory and practice behind the successful disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of the legacy military and security sector reform (SSR) that built the new one. It also considers some of the benefits and difficulties of contracting out the making of militaries. This is significant since the private sector will probably participate increasingly in security sector reform. The monograph concludes with 28 concrete recommendations for practitioners and 6 recommendations for the U.S. Army on how to expand this capability. Finally, this monograph is written by a practitioner for practitioners.
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