LEADER 04348nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910809878003321 005 20240410154103.0 010 $a0-8157-7150-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465268 035 $a(OCoLC)75968939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10141087 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000254574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11191637 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10208328 035 $a(PQKB)11770715 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38568 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004457 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141087 035 $a(OCoLC)923616115 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004457 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465268 100 $a20060216d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA switch in time$b[electronic resource] $ea new strategy for America in Iraq /$fKenneth M. Pollack and the Iraq Policy Working Group of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cSaban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (140 p.) 225 1 $aAnalysis paper ;$vno. 7 300 $a"February 2006." 311 $a0-8157-7151-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreface -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Security and military operations -- Building a new Iraqi political system -- Assisting Iraq's economic development. 330 $aThere is no greater foreign policy challenge for the United States today than the reconstruction of Iraq. The Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings recently assembled a small group of experts to consider U.S. policy toward Iraq in all of its dimensions--military, political, and economic. Saban Center director of research Ken Pollack took the recommendations of the Iraq Policy Working Group and combined them with findings from trips to Iraq and to U.S. Central Command in Tampa to produce A Switch in Time, a comprehensive strategy for stabilizing Iraq in the near term and setting it back on the path toward political and economic advancement. The current U.S. approach is encountering considerable difficulty and appears unlikely to produce a stable Iraq within the next few years, not only because of the military insurgency but also because of government failure in Iraq: the overthrown Saddam regime was not replaced by effective military or political institutions. The alternative proposed by some Bush administration critics, however--a rapid withdrawal--would not serve U.S. interests. While many thoughtful experts have attempted to offer a realistic third course of action, none has so far succeeded. This report proposes such a strategy by detailing the essential need to integrate military, political, and economic policies in Iraq. This concise and straightforward book offers a comprehensive, alternative approach to current U.S. military, political, and economic policies in Iraq. Iraq Policy Working Group: Raad Alkadiri (PFC Energy Consulting), Frederick Barton (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Daniel Byman (Saban Center and Georgetown University), Noah Feldman (New York University), Paul Hughes (United States Army [ret.], United States Institute of Peace), Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress), Andrew Krepinevich 330 8 $aJr. (United States Army [ret.], Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments),Andrew Parasiliti (Barbour, Griffit. 410 0$aAnalysis paper (Brookings Institution. Saban Center for Middle East Policy) ;$vno. 7. 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xReconstruction 606 $aNation-building$zIraq 606 $aNation-building$zUnited States 607 $aIraq$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zIraq 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xReconstruction. 615 0$aNation-building 615 0$aNation-building 676 $a956.7044 700 $aPollack$b Kenneth M$g(Kenneth Michael),$f1966-$0472178 712 02$aBrookings Institution.$bIraq Policy Working Group. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809878003321 996 $aA switch in time$93987760 997 $aUNINA