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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Iraq was thrown into crisis when Bush administration officials, especially
Pentagon political appointees, rushed to war and decided to ignore the planning
that was underway. That the Bush administration attacked Iraq without a strategy
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Iraq was thrown into crisis when Bush administration officials, especially
Pentagon political appointees, rushed to war and decided to ignore the planning
that was underway. That the Bush administration attacked Iraq without a strategy
to 5 ...
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Pentagon political appointees, such as Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D.
Wolfowitz, and other neo-conservatives such as Richard N. Perle, who chaired
the Defense Policy Board, envisioned Iraq as a prototype for democratizing the
Middle ...
Pentagon political appointees, such as Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D.
Wolfowitz, and other neo-conservatives such as Richard N. Perle, who chaired
the Defense Policy Board, envisioned Iraq as a prototype for democratizing the
Middle ...
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The White House and Pentagon political appointees thought they could liberate a
country without talking to those they were liberating. Of course, military victory
was never in doubt. The problem occurred in the execution of postwar plans to ...
The White House and Pentagon political appointees thought they could liberate a
country without talking to those they were liberating. Of course, military victory
was never in doubt. The problem occurred in the execution of postwar plans to ...
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However, it was clear from the beginning that empowering Iraqis was antithetical
to the Pentagon's goal of pushing Chalabi into power. Advocates of military
action grew increasingly concerned that further planning would reveal difficulties
and ...
However, it was clear from the beginning that empowering Iraqis was antithetical
to the Pentagon's goal of pushing Chalabi into power. Advocates of military
action grew increasingly concerned that further planning would reveal difficulties
and ...
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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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1 | |
1 The Drums of War | 13 |
2 Iraqi Kurdistan | 21 |
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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