A Vulcan's Tale (Paperback)

Dov S. Zakheim

14 valutazioni di Goodreads

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Washington DC, 2013

0815725469 / 9780815725466

Da: CitiRetail, Stevenage, Regno UnitoCitiRetail

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 29 giugno 2022

Brossura

Condizione: Nuovo

EUR 37,21

EUR 43,13 spedizione 
Spedito da Regno Unito a U.S.A.

Quantità: 1 disponibile

Aggiungi al carrello
Resi gratuiti per 30 giorni

Descrizione dell’articolo da parte del venditore

Paperback. A firsthand account of how the Bush administration mismanaged its Afghan campaign, A Vulcan's Tale shines new and important light on the events and people behind the headlines in the immediate years following the September 11 attacks.The ""Vulcans,"" so named by Condoleezza Rice, were eight foreign policy experts who advised George W. Bush during his 2000 presidential campaign. After Bush assumed the presidency, the Vulcans helped shape the administration's foreign policy following 9/11, including the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. All were veterans of past administrations, having served under either Ronald Reagan or George H. W. Bush, and they included among their ranks Dov Zakheim. Made comptroller and chief financial officer for the Department of Defense in 2001, Zakheim was also named the DoD's coordinator for Afghan civilian reconstruction in 2002.In A Vulcan's Tale, Zakheim draws on his own participation and intimate knowledge to analyze how the United States missed critical opportunities while it struggled to manage two wars, particularly the seemingly endless endeavor in Afghanistan. In his view, the Bush administration's disappointing results in Afghanistan were partly attributable to the enormity of the challenges, certainly. But flawed leadership and deficiencies of management, understanding, and forethought all played their parts as well.The power of the purse proved to be especially damaging. The Office of Management and Budget was slow to fund Defense's efforts at the outset of the Afghan conflict and then inadequately funded the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development, casting the die for several additional years of conflict. The invasion of Iraq siphoned off critical resources for Afghanistan, thereby further complicating that country's reconstruction.Even with public policy of the highest order, the devil still lurked in the details, as the DoD's ""money man"" Issues a persuasive call for greater coherence, clarity, and public candor from the American government regarding its detention policy and practices, and greater citizen awareness of the same. This title illustrates how US detention policy is a tangle of obfuscation rather than a serious set of moral and legal decisions. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Codice articolo 9780815725466

Titolo
A Vulcan's Tale (Paperback)
Autore
Dov S. Zakheim
Editore
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Washington DC
Anno di pubblicazione
2013
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0815725469
ISBN 13
9780815725466

CitiRetail

Stevenage, Regno Unito

Venditore con 5 stelle

Venditore AbeBooks dal 29 giugno 2022

Tariffe di spedizione da Regno Unito a U.S.A.

ArticoloDa 7 a 14 giorni lavorativiDa 7 a 60 giorni lavorativi
Primo articoloEUR 43,13EUR 43,13
I tempi di consegna sono stabiliti dai venditori e variano in base al corriere e al paese. Gli ordini che devono attraversare una dogana possono subire ritardi e spetta agli acquirenti pagare eventuali tariffe o dazi associati. I venditori possono contattarti in merito ad addebiti aggiuntivi dovuti a eventuali maggiorazioni dei costi di spedizione dei tuoi articoli.

Metodi di pagamento

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

Descrizione dello Store

Online business

Informazioni sull’azienda del venditore

ABC BOOKS LIMITED

10 John Street
London, Regno Unito WC1N 2EB