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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Chalabi provided bogus intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (
WMD). He convinced the Pentagon that Iraqis would welcome coalition forces “
with flowers.” When concerns were raised about chaos after Saddam's removal, ...
Chalabi provided bogus intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (
WMD). He convinced the Pentagon that Iraqis would welcome coalition forces “
with flowers.” When concerns were raised about chaos after Saddam's removal, ...
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... bureaucracy, we settled on the one reason that everyone could agree on which
was weapons of mass destruction.”4 Charles A. Deulfer, the chief U.S. weapons
inspector, concluded in his report that, at the time of the U.S. invasion, Iraq did ...
... bureaucracy, we settled on the one reason that everyone could agree on which
was weapons of mass destruction.”4 Charles A. Deulfer, the chief U.S. weapons
inspector, concluded in his report that, at the time of the U.S. invasion, Iraq did ...
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The Iraq war will not be the last time the United States uses its military to
eliminate a rogue regime or preempt an adversary from acquiring weapons of
mass destruction. Lessons underscore the need for military action as a last resort.
The Iraq war will not be the last time the United States uses its military to
eliminate a rogue regime or preempt an adversary from acquiring weapons of
mass destruction. Lessons underscore the need for military action as a last resort.
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It would also act preemptively, targeting rogue regimes to prevent them from
developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which could be used against
the United States or given to terror groups. Having traveled overseas only a
couple of ...
It would also act preemptively, targeting rogue regimes to prevent them from
developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which could be used against
the United States or given to terror groups. Having traveled overseas only a
couple of ...
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withdrew from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; balked at a new protocol to
the Biological Weapons Convention; opposed a pact to ... To George W. Bush,
Saddam was more than a tyrant bent on developing weapons of mass
destruction.
withdrew from the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; balked at a new protocol to
the Biological Weapons Convention; opposed a pact to ... To George W. Bush,
Saddam was more than a tyrant bent on developing weapons of mass
destruction.
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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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