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How to Build a New Iraq After Saddam | 
 enlarge | Author: Washington Institute For Near East Policy
Creator: Patrick Clawson
Publisher: Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2179566
Media: Paperback
Pages: 93
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 0.2
ISBN: 0944029825
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.730567
EAN: 9780944029824
ASIN: 0944029825
Publication Date: December 1, 2002
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Product Description
Whether changing the regime in Iraq is a worthwhile U.S. policy objective depends in no small part on what occurs in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's departure. This timely volume explores the most urgent challenges for policymakers in a near-term scenario. In addressing the problem of how to overcome the twenty-year legacy of brutality under Saddam's rule, the authors present ideas for limiting the chaos and revenge-taking that are likely to follow Saddam's overthrow, while examining the challenges that will arise for a new leadership attempting to ensure Iraqi social stability. This unique collection of analyses will be an important resource for anyone interested in building a more hopeful future for the people of Iraq. Contributors include Ellen Laipson (president and CEO, Henry L. Stimson Center), Rend Rahim Francke (executive director, Iraq Foundation), Kamran Karadaghi (deputy director and chief editor, Radio Free Iraq), Michael Rubin (visiting scholar, American Enterprise Institute), Safwat Rashid Sidqi (cofounding member, Kurdistan Human Rights Organization), and Amatzia Baram (director, Jewish Arab Center and Gustav Heinemann Institute for Middle East Studies, University of Haifa).
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How to build a new Iraq...in only 93 pages!! October 17, 2005
Lee L. (Washington DC)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
To start, the organization that put this book out is the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Some of the more well-known members of this group include Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle, both of whom serve(d) on the Board of Advisors. Think about the logic that people like these two put out there before the war and you'll have a pretty good idea about this book.
This book was written before the invasion happened and looking back, I imagine it would be somewhat embarrassing to have written some of these pieces.
Some key exerpts:
"The country's ethnic groups are not necessarily the key social actors to watch." page 5
"Owing to the regime's propaganda and to the material conditions of their lives, many Iraqis do not appreciate the nuances of Western sanctions policies, and they may have formed political views that are based on supposed Western ill will toward their country." page 12
"...the physical repair of Iraq will be relatively easy. Iraq is a country of engineers and builders, people who quickly restored bridges and roads after the Iran-Iraq and Gulf Wars." page 12
The problem I have with this book is not that they argued for the war. I do on many different levels. I'm upset about the blind optimism and complete disregard for what should be very obvious for anyone that has read much about Iraq. Also troubling is the underlying theme that Iraq is a problem solely because of Saddam. To be sure, he is partly to blame, but these authors do nothing to acknowledge the fact that the U.S. has done more than its fair share to make Iraq into the mess it was when the U.S. invaded it. My conclusion is that the material presented in this book is done so with the spirit of ideology rather than the desire to contribute to a realistic, educational discussion about Iraq.
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