@inbook{10.7249/mg716cc.13, ISBN = {9780833041814}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg716cc.13}, abstract = {Successful nation-building requires unity of effort across multiple agencies and, often, multiple governments. Decisionmaking structures thus need to provide for a combination of common effort and unified direction. The requirement to include not just other agencies but also other governments and international organizations in modern nation-building enterprises makes any replication of the MacArthur viceroy model unrealistic. The entire U.S. national security establishment needs to be engaged, as does much of the international community. This is not a responsibility that presidents can afford to delegate, nor one that any single department of government can handle.Decisionmaking structures thus need to reflect}, bookauthor = {James Dobbins and Michele A. Poole and Austin Long and Benjamin Runkle}, booktitle = {After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush}, pages = {135--142}, publisher = {RAND Corporation}, title = {Toward Better Decisions and More Competent Execution}, year = {2008} }