With fragile states representing both a core development challenge and a source of major threats to international security, the search for strategies to assist the recovery of failing and war-torn countries has been high on the agendas of donor countries. Stewart Patrick and Kaysie Brown candidly assess efforts to bring together diplomatic, defense, and development instruments - the so-called 3Ds of "whole of government strategies" - made by seven major donor countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.The authors candidly assess integrated efforts to assist the recovery of failing and war-torn states being made by seven major donor countries.