Ray Jennings' April 2003 paper finds the approach of the U.S. to "postconflict reconstruction abroad" as "low-tech, inconsistent, improvised, and too often undone by a preoccupation with domestic politics and an instinctual aversion to nation building." But much has been learned from previous postconflict engagements. What is necessary in Iraq, according to the author, is political will and an adequate attention span. SuDoc number: Y 3.P 31:19/NO.49.