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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The 9/11 Commission found no collaborative relationship between Iraq and al-
Qaeda. Revelations that U.S. soldiers tortured detainees at Abu Ghraib eroded
the virtuous claim that the United States went to war to end the era of torture ...
The 9/11 Commission found no collaborative relationship between Iraq and al-
Qaeda. Revelations that U.S. soldiers tortured detainees at Abu Ghraib eroded
the virtuous claim that the United States went to war to end the era of torture ...
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To defend the American homeland and U.S. global interests, the United States
would retaliiate against failed states, such as Afghanistan, that provided
sanctuary to al-Qaeda or other shadowy terrorist networks. It would also act
preemptively, ...
To defend the American homeland and U.S. global interests, the United States
would retaliiate against failed states, such as Afghanistan, that provided
sanctuary to al-Qaeda or other shadowy terrorist networks. It would also act
preemptively, ...
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Though al-Qaeda was harbored by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Chalabi argued
that Iraq was more threatening in a dangerous world where, according to the
seventeenth-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, “Life is war of all
against ...
Though al-Qaeda was harbored by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Chalabi argued
that Iraq was more threatening in a dangerous world where, according to the
seventeenth-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, “Life is war of all
against ...
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Clarke pointed out that there was no evidence linking al-Qaeda and Iraq.
According to Clarke, Rumsfeld complained about the poor selection of high-value
targets in Afghanistan. “I don't want to put a million-dollar missile on a five-dollar
tent.
Clarke pointed out that there was no evidence linking al-Qaeda and Iraq.
According to Clarke, Rumsfeld complained about the poor selection of high-value
targets in Afghanistan. “I don't want to put a million-dollar missile on a five-dollar
tent.
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The administration also insisted there was a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda, the
insinuation being that Saddam was behind the World Trade Center bombing of
1993. Press reports indicated that Mohammed Atta had met with an Iraqi agent in
...
The administration also insisted there was a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda, the
insinuation being that Saddam was behind the World Trade Center bombing of
1993. Press reports indicated that Mohammed Atta had met with an Iraqi agent in
...
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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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