{"product_id":"follies-in-fragile-states-ian-d-quick-9780993302015","title":"Follies in Fragile States: How international stabilisation failed in the Congo","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat has been going wrong in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Why has the most expensive UN peacekeeping mission in history been unable to end violence after fifteen years of continuous deployment? Why does the country reappear every year, without fail, among the world's largest appeals for emergency aid? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollies in Fragile States\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we got to this point. It is the first inside account of the 'stabilisation' effort in eastern Congo from 2007 onwards, cutting through the spin and academic mystification to identify the key decision points and where things went wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe common threads are pulled together as the \u003cb\u003eFive Follies\u003c\/b\u003e key respects in which international engagement was simply not fit for purpose. Each is brought to life in policy-makers' own words, then contrasted with the ground truth of the individuals and communities who would make or break the stabilisation project. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe picture that emerges is a studied and often painful reflection of personal and institutional failure. It echoes the best muckraking work on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars-authors like Tom Ricks, Graeme Smith and Rajiv Chandrasekaran-but for a conflict that is infinitely less well-understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian D. Quick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0993302017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780993302015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Double Loop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Ian D. Quick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927178445055,"sku":"9780993302015","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_95406fc8-4604-4da4-8a98-acfe36c03d28.jpg?v=1681087305","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/follies-in-fragile-states-ian-d-quick-9780993302015","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}