Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction FiascoAccording 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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—Richard C. Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations “Losing
Iraq . . . [shows] how the neoconservatives' blind faith might have benefited from a
blunt reality check.” —Austin American Statesman “[Phillips's] narrative does a ...
—Richard C. Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations “Losing
Iraq . . . [shows] how the neoconservatives' blind faith might have benefited from a
blunt reality check.” —Austin American Statesman “[Phillips's] narrative does a ...
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Cheney believed the UN was irrelevant and wanted to move immediately;
however, Bush sided with Secretary of State Colin ... If the United Nations was not
able or willing to disarm Saddam, Bush made it clear that the United States would
act ...
Cheney believed the UN was irrelevant and wanted to move immediately;
however, Bush sided with Secretary of State Colin ... If the United Nations was not
able or willing to disarm Saddam, Bush made it clear that the United States would
act ...
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The United States limited the UN's postwar role by scorning the world body at the
outset. Charged ... The United Nations suspended operations when Sergio and
twenty-one others were killed during a terrorist attack on UN headquarters in ...
The United States limited the UN's postwar role by scorning the world body at the
outset. Charged ... The United Nations suspended operations when Sergio and
twenty-one others were killed during a terrorist attack on UN headquarters in ...
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In 2001, Bush sought to strengthen the UN's role by replacing existing sanctions
with so-called smart sanctions ... The terror strikes had a huge impact on Bush
personally, as they did upon every American: The continental United States was
...
In 2001, Bush sought to strengthen the UN's role by replacing existing sanctions
with so-called smart sanctions ... The terror strikes had a huge impact on Bush
personally, as they did upon every American: The continental United States was
...
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Bush came to believe that deterrence—the promise of massive retaliation against
nations means nothing against shadowy terrorist networks with no nation or
citizen ... 15 The United States was at war, but it was not clear who the enemy
was.
Bush came to believe that deterrence—the promise of massive retaliation against
nations means nothing against shadowy terrorist networks with no nation or
citizen ... 15 The United States was at war, but it was not clear who the enemy
was.
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Пользовательский отзыв - KirkusMight does not always equal power, strength does not always yield influence, and "winning the peace requires cooperation from freedom's beneficiaries." So warns policy expert Phillips (Council on ... Читать весь отзыв
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Пользовательский отзыв - Not Available - Book VerdictPhillips (senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations), who, as a former senior advisor to the U.S. State Department, served as an architect of "democracy planning" in Iraq, here provides a ... Читать весь отзыв
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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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