Occupying Iraq : a history of the Coalition Provisional Authority /

Occupying Iraq : a history of the Coalition Provisional Authority /

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Imprint:Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2009.
Description:xlvi, 364 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Bremer, L. Paul.
Bremer, L. Paul.
Coalition Provisional Authority.
Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq.
Politics and government
Postwar reconstruction.
Coalition Provisional Authority.
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
Iraq.
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7712391
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Other authors / contributors:Dobbins, James, 1942-
Coalition Provisional Authority.
International Security and Defense Policy Center.
ISBN:9780833046659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0833046659 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:"MG-847-CC"--P. [4] of cover.
"The research described in this report was sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Division."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.
Also issued online.
Summary:"The American engagement in Iraq has been looked at from many perspectives: the flawed intelligence that provided the war's rationale, the failed effort to secure an international mandate, the rapid success of the invasion, and the long ensuing counterinsurgency campaign. This book focuses on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority and its administrator, L. Paul Bremer, who governed Iraq from May 2003 to June of the following year. It is based on interviews with many of those responsible for setting and implementing occupation policy, on the memoirs of American and Iraqi officials who have since left office, on journalists' accounts of the period, and on nearly 100,000 never-before-released CPA documents. The book recounts and evaluates the efforts of the United States and its coalition partners to restore public services, reform the judicial and penal systems, fight corruption, revitalize the economy, and create the basis for representative government. It also addresses the occupation's most striking failure: the inability of the United States and its coalition partners to protect the Iraqi people from the criminals and extremists in their midst." --P. [4] of cover.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Figures
  • Summary
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. The Origin of the CPA
  • Chapter 2. Building the CPA
  • Legal Basis
  • The Chain of Command
  • Staffing and Organization
  • Early Decisions
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3. Creating the Governing Council
  • Forming the Governance Team
  • Planning for an Iraqi Interim Authority
  • From Interim Authority to Governing Council
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4. Establishing Security
  • Disbanding the Army
  • Building the New Army
  • Reforming the Police
  • Dealing with Neighbors: Iran, Syria, and Turkey
  • Iran
  • Syria
  • Turkey
  • Countering the Insurgency
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5. Governing Iraq
  • De-Ba'athification
  • Electricity
  • Health Care
  • Education
  • Local Government
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6. Promoting the Rule of Law
  • Establishing the Judiciary
  • War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
  • Capturing Saddam
  • Handling Detainees
  • Abu Ghraib
  • Fighting Corruption
  • Charges of CPA Financial Mismanagement
  • Oil for Food
  • Freedom of the Press
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7. Growing the Economy
  • Macroeconomic Stabilization
  • Issuing New Currency
  • Reforming the Banks
  • Debt Relief
  • Promoting Foreign Investment
  • Reducing Subsidies
  • Energy
  • Food
  • State-Owned Enterprises
  • Expanding Employment
  • Promoting Long-Term Development
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8. Running the CPA
  • Staffing Shortages
  • Difficulties in Coordination
  • Funding Constraints
  • Inadequate Outreach
  • Reorganizing the CPA
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 9. Promoting Democracy
  • Seven Steps to Sovereignty
  • Stepping on the Gas
  • Building Iraqi Capacity
  • Working at the Grassroots
  • The Return of the United Nations
  • Drafting an Interim Constitution
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 10. Disarming Militias and Countering Insurgents
  • Muqtada al-Sadr
  • Fallujah
  • Disarming Militias
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 11. Exit and Appraisal
  • Mission Accomplished or Mission Impossible?
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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