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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466273803321

Autore

Renahan Thomas M (Thomas Michael), <1941->

Titolo

The struggle for Iraq : a view from the ground up / / Thomas M. Renahan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-61234-924-2

1-61234-926-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (520 pages) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

320.9567

Soggetti

Democracy - Iraq

Political corruption - Iraq

Electronic books.

Iraq Politics and government 2003-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Southern Iraq -- An American advisor in the new Iraq -- The campaign for democracy -- Democracy and the culture of violence -- Bottoming out -- Baghdad and beyond -- "Welcome back to your country" -- Islam and democracy in the new Iraq -- The struggle to reduce corruption -- Extending the anti-corruption struggle to the national level -- The struggle for human rights -- The struggle to protect civil society organizations -- The personal meaning of terrorism -- The day the music died -- Sinking your own ship -- The instinct to control -- US aid and lessons learned in Iraq -- Kurdistan from the inside -- The Kurds : red, white, and blue and shades of gray -- A ministry from the ground up -- Reforming a ministry : starting low, aiming high -- America and the future of Iraq -- Picking up the pieces in a shattered country -- Winning the endgame in Iraq -- Drawing lines in the sand -- The American from Iraq.

Sommario/riassunto

A political scientist's firsthand report on Iraq and his work with his Iraqi staff to promote democracy and fight corruption, from the days of the Coalition Provisional Authority to the present, and his recommendations for American policy-makers based on the lessons



learned.