Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise

Abstract

Consider the following questions. The Army is at war, but is the nation at war? Has the nation sufficiently mobilized the elements of national power in support of a global war effort? Have average Americans changed their lives because of the war? Is popular support for the war in Iraq high enough to mobilize the nation? Public opinion polls in January 2007 showed that support for President Bush's handling of the war was at an all-time low of 26 percent. Similar polls suggested that 54 percent of the American public believed that the United States was losing the war in Iraq. Then-Chief of Staff of the Army,General Peter Schoomaker, began his remarks to the House Armed Services Committee on 27 June 2006 with these words.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA485886

Entities

People

  • Gregory L. Cantwell

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.