Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction FiascoBasic Books, 28 апр. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 304 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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... U.S. officials either ignored the advice of Iraqis or listened only to ... troops. None of these contingencies came to pass. After just a few months on ... U.S. military was able to vanquish Saddam's Republican Guard yet lacked the ...
... U.S. officials either ignored the advice of Iraqis or listened only to ... troops. None of these contingencies came to pass. After just a few months on ... U.S. military was able to vanquish Saddam's Republican Guard yet lacked the ...
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... United States, UN Security Council Resolution 1453 recognized the interim ... U.S. officials exaggerated the imminent threat of Iraq's WMD; Wolfowitz ... troops and treasure, idealism was overwhelmed by a brutal insurgency and the ...
... United States, UN Security Council Resolution 1453 recognized the interim ... U.S. officials exaggerated the imminent threat of Iraq's WMD; Wolfowitz ... troops and treasure, idealism was overwhelmed by a brutal insurgency and the ...
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... U.S. power could be effectively projected via international organizations. He sponsored the Marshall Plan to rebuild ... troops for nation building was anathema. As Rice flatly stated, “The 82nd airborne should not escort kids to kindergarten ...
... U.S. power could be effectively projected via international organizations. He sponsored the Marshall Plan to rebuild ... troops for nation building was anathema. As Rice flatly stated, “The 82nd airborne should not escort kids to kindergarten ...
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... America's approach to terrorism, Bush also wanted to send an unambiguous warning to countries that sponsor terrorism ... U.S. troops were deployed and military assistance significantly expanded to weak states such as Georgia, Nepal, and ...
... America's approach to terrorism, Bush also wanted to send an unambiguous warning to countries that sponsor terrorism ... U.S. troops were deployed and military assistance significantly expanded to weak states such as Georgia, Nepal, and ...
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... U.S. HAD ESTABLISHED A NO-FLY ZONE FOR Iraqi Kurdistan, Saddam Hussein tried to squeeze the Kurds by withdrawing his troops and imposing a total embargo of food and fuel. The plan backfired. Instead of returning to the fold, Kurds ...
... U.S. HAD ESTABLISHED A NO-FLY ZONE FOR Iraqi Kurdistan, Saddam Hussein tried to squeeze the Kurds by withdrawing his troops and imposing a total embargo of food and fuel. The plan backfired. Instead of returning to the fold, Kurds ...
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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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