Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to IraqMacmillan, 1. 4. 2007 - Počet stran: 384 America's leading expert on democracy delivers the first insider's account of the U.S. occupation of Iraq-a sobering and critical assessment of America's effort to implant democracy |
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... asked Gfoeller . " They are as Iraqi and Arab as I am . We have been keeping the temple for them for the past fifty - five years . " At one point , it is be- lieved , there were half a million Jews in Iraq ; in ancient times , Babylon ...
... asking for my assistance . By the autumn of 2003 , the war was over . The United States and its coalition partners had been occupying Iraq for more than half a year . American soldiers and civilians as well as a much larger number of ...
... asked me to please return the call as soon as possible . There followed two more calls , increasingly urgent in tone . The last came from the office of my friend Coit Blacker , who had been one of Rice's closest friends at Stan- ford ...
... asked her . She laughed again , in a friendly , joking way -- but she wasn't entirely kidding . " Oh , a few minutes . " I knew the situation was urgent . The American occupation of Iraq- and Iraq's prospect for any kind of democratic ...
... asked me , in all seriousness , " Can I go with you ? " Some friends and relatives were torn but understanding . Some were worried but accepting . Some were truly scared for my safety and wondered why I had to be the one to go ...
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Mediation Efforts | 53 |
The Palace | 67 |
Promoting Democracy | 103 |
Constitutions and Compromises | 140 |
Salesmanship | 179 |
The Second War | 211 |
Handing Over | 246 |
What Went Wrong? | 279 |
Can Iraq Become a Democracy? | 314 |
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Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring ... Larry Diamond Náhled není k dispozici. - 2006 |