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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... resistance . Qizwini found his vision expressed in these words , which he had seen on a wall of the Jefferson Memorial , in Washington : " I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form 8 SQUANDERED VICTORY.
... resistance was becoming more dangerous and that it would continue to worsen . A public opinion poll that month found that two - thirds of Iraqis regarded the U.S. - led coalition as " occu- pying powers , " while only 15 percent viewed ...
... resistance would spread south from the Sunni Triangle to the majority Shiite sec- tion of the country , spelling doom for the occupation . The anxiety was underscored by a Gallup poll of the Iraqi people conducted two months earlier ...
... resistance if an interim government was not established soon . " This ... gives fuel to all those extremists who said the U.S. had a secret agenda to occupy Iraq and exploit its oil re- sources , " one Iraqi warned.15 Shiite religious ...
... resistance against the Americans . This land is sacred . " 16 The next day , a number of moderate Iraqi lead- ers , meeting in Baghdad with a representative of Britain's Tony Blair , again demanded the formation of an interim government ...
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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 |