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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454902803321

Autore

Muñoz Heraldo

Titolo

A solitary war [[electronic resource] ] : a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / / Heraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Golden, Colo., : Fulcrum, c2008

ISBN

1-282-46815-4

9786612468155

1-55591-897-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Speaker's corner

Disciplina

956.7044/32

Soggetti

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Diplomatic history

Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Participation, European

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Europe Politics and government 21st century

Iraq Politics and government 2003-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Fulcrum paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264).

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / by Kofi Annan -- Introduction -- Early warnings -- A telling phone call from Condi -- A war with multilateral support -- One, two, three Iraqs : the costs of the unilateralist doctrine -- War games in the United Nations : a tale of missed opportunities -- Resolution to act -- A tug of war -- The Blair-Lagos last-ditch effort -- The final diplomatic bets -- High noon in Iraq : diplomacy fails -- Unilateralism in retreat : the hard task of winning the peace in Iraq -- Multilateralism under fire -- The war deepens : the UN is a target -- A turn toward tactical multilateralism -- Why multilateralism matters : the United Nations enables the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq and the 2005 elections -- A sense of loss of direction and moral defeat -- Negotiating the establishment of the Iraqi interim government -- The end of occupation? -- The 2005 elections and the Nouri al-Maliki government -- Worlds apart : the alienation of allies -- Chile : the distant neighbor -- Mexico : "so far from God, so close to the United States" -- The transatlantic divide with the "old Europe" -- Less-than-willing allies



and the failed evidence to go to war -- Conclusions : the U.S war backtrack and the future of multilateralism -- The costs of a war without friends -- A changing attitude toward the United Nations -- Why the United States should care about multilateralism -- Beyond Iraq : to lead or to impose.

Sommario/riassunto

An insider's view of the Iraq war and the global implications of U.S. unilateralism.