Squandered Victory The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq

Name: Squandered Victory The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
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ISBN: 9780805080087

ISBN-10: 0805080082

ISBN-13: 9780805080087

Edition: 2006

Authors: Larry Diamond, Larry Diamond

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" Chilling-- and often scathing-- detail . . . Should be read by anyone interested in understanding why the United States' quick military victory has given way to an increasingly virulent insurgency." -- "The New York Times" In the fall of 2003, Stanford professor Larry Diamond received a call from Condoleezza Rice, asking if he would spend several months in Baghdad as an adviser to the American occupation authorities. Diamond had not been a supporter of the war in Iraq, but he felt that the task of building a viable democracy was a worthy goal. But when he went to Iraq, his experiences proved to be more of an education than he bargained for. "Squandered Victory" is Diamond' s provocative…

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List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 3/21/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English