| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Dobbins, James, 1942-; Coalition Provisional Authority.; Rand Corporation.; Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.; International Security and Defense Policy Center.; |
| Call Number | Internet |
| Document type | Electronic Resource |
| Year | 2009. |
| Pagination | xlvi, 364 p. : ill. ; |
| Publisher | RAND Corporation, |
| Note | Also available in a paper version. "MG-847-CC"--P. [4] of cover. At foot of title: RAND National Security Research Division. "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. "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 mos t 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. |
| Place made | Santa Monica, Calif. : |
Occupying Iraq [electronic resource] : a history of the Coalition Provisional Authority / James Dobbins ... [et al.].
Abstract
The origin of the CPA -- Building the CPA -- Creating the Governing Council -- Establishing security -- Governing Iraq -- Promoting the rule of law -- Growing the economy -- Running the CPA -- Promoting democracy -- Disarming militias and countering insur gents -- Exit and appraisal.