Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction FiascoBasic Books, 28 апр. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 304 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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... Kurdish fighters called peshmerga (“those who face death”). The peshmerga are revered in Kurdish so- ciety for their martyrdom in the struggle against Saddam Hussein. The commander of our security detail wore traditional baggy pants, a ...
... Kurdish fighters called peshmerga (“those who face death”). The peshmerga are revered in Kurdish so- ciety for their martyrdom in the struggle against Saddam Hussein. The commander of our security detail wore traditional baggy pants, a ...
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... Kurdish boy described being led at gunpoint onto an army truck. There were thirty large vehicles in the convoy, each crammed with Kurdish women and children. After traveling overnight to an unknown destination in the desert, they were ...
... Kurdish boy described being led at gunpoint onto an army truck. There were thirty large vehicles in the convoy, each crammed with Kurdish women and children. After traveling overnight to an unknown destination in the desert, they were ...
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... control. A perverse paradox came to pass. Saddam had become the guarantor of Kurdish autonomy. As long as he remained in power, the U.S. and Britain would protect the Kurds. In the event of Saddam's removal, the Kurds' future 4 LOSING IRAQ.
... control. A perverse paradox came to pass. Saddam had become the guarantor of Kurdish autonomy. As long as he remained in power, the U.S. and Britain would protect the Kurds. In the event of Saddam's removal, the Kurds' future 4 LOSING IRAQ.
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... Kurdish area into a laboratory for Iraq's future democratic development. During my visits to Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992 and 1993, I was impressed by how the Kurds had made the most of their isolation to recover from Saddam's genocide and ...
... Kurdish area into a laboratory for Iraq's future democratic development. During my visits to Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992 and 1993, I was impressed by how the Kurds had made the most of their isolation to recover from Saddam's genocide and ...
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... Kurdish rebellion. When the Iraqi Kurds sided with Iran during the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein feared a joint Iranian-Kurdish offensive. In 1988, he appointed his first cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid (“Chemical Ali”), secretary ...
... Kurdish rebellion. When the Iraqi Kurds sided with Iran during the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, Saddam Hussein feared a joint Iranian-Kurdish offensive. In 1988, he appointed his first cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid (“Chemical Ali”), secretary ...
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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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