Forgetting How to Win: The U.S. Army, State Department, and USAID in Modern Post-Combat Operations

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Dr. Jeremy Kasper (Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Army, USA)

Forgetting How to Win

The U.S. Army, State Department, and USAID in Modern Post-Combat Operations

Dr. Jeremy Kasper (Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Army, USA)

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Bloomsbury Academic USA
13 November 2025

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Military history; War & defence operations; Military life & institutions

Series: Praeger Security International

By examining how three American national security institutions (the U.S. Army, Department of State, and U.S. Agency for International Development) adapted to address unexpected and unfamiliar post-combat crises, this book reveals the four shared techniques which led to their success.

Focusing on topics such as crisis response, adaptation, pragmatic policy solutions, and personal relationships, Jeremy Kasper introduces four pivotal case studies which examine how national security institutions responded to post-combat operations in Grenada, Panama, Kosovo, and Afghanistan between 1983-2008.

This book gives a key account of the soldiers, diplomats, and foreign aid practitioners who responded to unexpected crises during post-conflict reconstruction – a dynamic, unfamiliar, and complex mission far outside their respective organization’s core mission.

Focusing on how bureaucracies struggled to apply the diplomatic, military, and economic dimensions of national power in pursuit of U.S. policy goals, this book ultimately exposes institutional forgetfulness, such that hard-won lessons did little to shape subsequent crises.

By: Dr. Jeremy Kasper (Joint Special Operations Command U.S. Army USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798765142271
Series: Praeger Security International
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeremy Kasper is an active-duty Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy Director of Strategy and Plans, Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Army, USA. He received his PhD from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin, USA.