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

by Larry Diamond

Paper Book, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

956.7044

Tags

Iraq- Democracy - Bungled effort

Genres

Collections

Countries- Middle East, Military, Home Security, Terrorism, World War

Publication

Holt Paperbacks (2006), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 416 pages

Description

Offers a critique of American efforts to bring democracy to Iraq, explaining how terrorism and insurgents, as well as missed opportunities, ideological blindness, and miscalculations have hampered the process.

Subjects

Iraq Foreign relations
Iraq War, 2003-
Postwar reconstruction Iraq
United States Foreign Relations

Awards

San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Nonfiction — 2005)

Language

English

Physical description

416 p.; 8.66 inches

ISBN

0805080082 / 9780805080087

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