Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction FiascoBasic Books, 2009 M04 28 - 304 pages According to conventional wisdom, Iraq has suffered because the Bush administration had no plan for reconstruction. That's not the case; the State Department's Future of Iraq group planned out the situation carefully and extensively, and Middle East expert David Phillips was part of this group. White House ideologues and imprudent Pentagon officials decided simply to ignore those plans. The administration only listened to what it wanted to hear. Losing Iraq doesn't't just criticize the policies of unilateralism, preemption, and possible deception that launched the war; it documents the process of returning sovereignty to an occupied Iraq. Unique, as well, are Phillips's personal accounts of dissension within the administration. The problems encountered in Iraq are troubling not only in themselves but also because they bode ill for other nation-building efforts in which the U.S. may become mired through this administration's doctrine of unilateral, preemptive war. Losing Iraq looks into the future of America's foreign policy with a clear-eyed critique of the problems that loom ahead. |
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... George H. W. Bush. When I offered support from the American people for freedom, democracy, and human rights (Azadi, Democraci, Buji), the conference plenary erupted into wild applause. Barham Salih, a PUK official who would become ...
... George H. W. Bush. When I offered support from the American people for freedom, democracy, and human rights (Azadi, Democraci, Buji), the conference plenary erupted into wild applause. Barham Salih, a PUK official who would become ...
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... George H. W. Bush established an international coalition, including many Arab states that not only gave political and logistical support but also helped finance the military campaign. Establishing an international coalition helped ...
... George H. W. Bush established an international coalition, including many Arab states that not only gave political and logistical support but also helped finance the military campaign. Establishing an international coalition helped ...
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... a series of mistakes. The resulting postwar fiasco undermined U.S. interests and tragically betrayed the hopes of the Iraqi people. David L. Phillips New York City July 1, 2004 CHAPTER 1 THE DRUMS OF WAR GEORGE W. BUSH DID 11 Introduction.
... a series of mistakes. The resulting postwar fiasco undermined U.S. interests and tragically betrayed the hopes of the Iraqi people. David L. Phillips New York City July 1, 2004 CHAPTER 1 THE DRUMS OF WAR GEORGE W. BUSH DID 11 Introduction.
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... GEORGE. W. BUSH DID NOT IMAGINE THAT PREEMPTION and nation-building would preoccupy his presidency. However, the 9/11 terror attacks gave Bush a defining mission. To defend the American homeland and U.S. global interests, the United ...
... GEORGE. W. BUSH DID NOT IMAGINE THAT PREEMPTION and nation-building would preoccupy his presidency. However, the 9/11 terror attacks gave Bush a defining mission. To defend the American homeland and U.S. global interests, the United ...
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... George W. Bush. Bush differs from his predecessors, including his father, on the instrumentalities for exercising power. He is wary of working with international organizations lest those entanglements impede U.S. interests. He is ...
... George W. Bush. Bush differs from his predecessors, including his father, on the instrumentalities for exercising power. He is wary of working with international organizations lest those entanglements impede U.S. interests. He is ...
Contents
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3 The Future of Iraq Project | 35 |
4 Interagency Relations | 41 |
5 Breaking the Ice | 45 |
6 The Principals Committee | 55 |
7 Ahmad Chalabi | 67 |
14 DeBaathification | 143 |
15 Occupation | 155 |
16 SelfRule | 169 |
17 The Interim Constitution | 185 |
18 Fighting on Two Fronts | 195 |
19 The Handover | 205 |
Epilogue | 215 |
Lessons in NationBuilding | 225 |
8 Wilton Park | 77 |
9 The Opposition Conference | 89 |
10 The Enemy of My Enemy | 103 |
11 A War Within a War | 111 |
12 Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance | 121 |
13 Basic Nihilistic Impulse | 133 |
Acronyms | 239 |
Timeline of Major Events | 241 |
Personalities | 247 |
Notes | 255 |
Index | 275 |
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