A fresh and critically important perspective on foreign interventions (Washington Post), Can Intervention Work? distills Rory Stewart s (author of The Places In Between) and Gerald Knaus s remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military interventions into a potent examination of what we can and cannot achieve in a new era of nation building. As they delve into the massive, military-driven efforts in Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the authors reveal each effort s enormous consequences for international relations, human rights, and our understanding of state building. Stewart and...