Rob Weighill is a retired major-general and independent consultant operating in strategic risk, resilience and defence. He spent five years at NATO’s multinational headquarters in Naples, led the planning of NATO’s Libyan intervention and directed operations from Joint Force Command. Florence Gaub is Deputy Director at the EU Institute for Security Studies; previously, she was employed at NATO Defence College. Her first book for Hurst, Guardians of the Arab State: When Militaries Intervene in Politics, from Iraq to Mauritania, was published by Hurst in March 2017.

'A gripping account of the military intervention which exposes how, despite NATO’s prompting, the international community failed to plan, build consensus for and deliver a post-conflict, multi-agency nation-building strategy, resulting in a disastrous aftermath.'

Rob Weighill is a retired major-general and independent consultant operating in strategic risk, resilience and defence. He spent five years at NATO’s multinational headquarters in Naples, led the planning of NATO’s Libyan intervention and directed operations from Joint Force Command. Florence Gaub is Deputy Director at the EU Institute for Security Studies; previously, she was employed at NATO Defence College. Her first book for Hurst, Guardians of the Arab State: When Militaries Intervene in Politics, from Iraq to Mauritania, was published by Hurst in March 2017.

'A gripping account of the military intervention which exposes how, despite NATO’s prompting, the international community failed to plan, build consensus for and deliver a post-conflict, multi-agency nation-building strategy, resulting in a disastrous aftermath.'

Rob Weighill is a retired major-general and independent consultant operating in strategic risk, resilience and defence. He spent five years at NATO’s multinational headquarters in Naples, led the planning of NATO’s Libyan intervention and directed operations from Joint Force Command. Florence Gaub is Deputy Director at the EU Institute for Security Studies; previously, she was employed at NATO Defence College. Her first book for Hurst, Guardians of the Arab State: When Militaries Intervene in Politics, from Iraq to Mauritania, was published by Hurst in March 2017.

'A gripping account of the military intervention which exposes how, despite NATO’s prompting, the international community failed to plan, build consensus for and deliver a post-conflict, multi-agency nation-building strategy, resulting in a disastrous aftermath.'