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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... Kurdistan CHAPTER 3 The Future of Iraq Project CHAPTER 4 Interagency Relations CHAPTER 5 Breaking the Ice CHAPTER 6 The Principals Committee CHAPTER 7 Ahmad Chalabi CHAPTER 8 Wilton Park CHAPTER 9 The Opposition Conference CHAPTER 10 ...
... Kurdistan CHAPTER 3 The Future of Iraq Project CHAPTER 4 Interagency Relations CHAPTER 5 Breaking the Ice CHAPTER 6 The Principals Committee CHAPTER 7 Ahmad Chalabi CHAPTER 8 Wilton Park CHAPTER 9 The Opposition Conference CHAPTER 10 ...
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... Kurdistan.” I could see a fleet of Toyota land cruisers waiting in the car park under a Kurdish flag that listed in the hot summer sky. An official from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) got out of the lead car to greet me. He was ...
... Kurdistan.” I could see a fleet of Toyota land cruisers waiting in the car park under a Kurdish flag that listed in the hot summer sky. An official from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) got out of the lead car to greet me. He was ...
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... Kurdistan.1 Up to 5,000 people died in Halabja that day. Soon after the Gulf War, I traveled with Karim to Iraq. The journey started in southeastern Turkey, where we boarded a minibus with other guests traveling from Diyarbakir to ...
... Kurdistan.1 Up to 5,000 people died in Halabja that day. Soon after the Gulf War, I traveled with Karim to Iraq. The journey started in southeastern Turkey, where we boarded a minibus with other guests traveling from Diyarbakir to ...
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... Kurdistan.” My focus, however, was on humanitarian issues. In Halabja, I spoke with traumatized victims hideously transformed from exposure to chemical weapons. I visited a clinic and saw young children with terrible deformities and ...
... Kurdistan.” My focus, however, was on humanitarian issues. In Halabja, I spoke with traumatized victims hideously transformed from exposure to chemical weapons. I visited a clinic and saw young children with terrible deformities and ...
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... Kurdistan in August 1993, Ahmad Chalabi gave me a tour of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) headquarters. The facility was a beehive of activity. It bristled with state-of-the-art computer, communications, and spy equipment. Chalabi ...
... Kurdistan in August 1993, Ahmad Chalabi gave me a tour of the Iraqi National Congress (INC) headquarters. The facility was a beehive of activity. It bristled with state-of-the-art computer, communications, and spy equipment. Chalabi ...
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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