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Oral Histories
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Manuals and Handbooks
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Field Manual 3â07, Stability Operations
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Nathan Hodge
is a Washington, D.C.âbased writer who specializes in defense and national security. He has reported from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, and a number of other countries in the Middle East and former Soviet Union. He is the author, with Sharon Weinberger, of
A Nuclear Family Vacation
, and his work has appeared in
Slate
, the
Financial Times
,
Foreign Policy
, and many other newspapers and magazines.
A Nuclear Family Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry
(with Sharon Weinberger)
Copyright © 2011 by Nathan Hodge
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Hodge, Nathan.
Armed humanitarians : the rise of the nation builders / Nathan Hodge. â1st u.s. ed.
p.   cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-1-60819-017-1 (hc)
1. Humanitarian interventionâPolitical aspectsâUnited States. 2. Nation-buildingâUnited States. 3. United StatesâMilitary policy.
I. Title.
JZ6369.H63 2010
355.02'80973âdc22
2010025752
First published by Bloomsbury USA in 2011
This e-book edition published in 2011
E-book ISBN: 978-1-60819-445-2