During the 1990s it was a feature of peacekeeping operations that a gap of almost a year would pass between the conclusion of hostilities and the commencement of reconstruction efforts. Garland Williams explains how military engineers can be put to immediate use in restoring facilities after a conflict.
In this timely work, Colonel Garland Williams analyzes the postconflict reconstruction gap in three case studies Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan and shows how military engineering brigades accompanying peacekeeping contingents can be put to use immediately after the conflict ends to restore vital infrastructure and social institutions.
