Father of money : buying peace in Baghdad / Jason Whiteley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whiteley, Jason, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whiteley, Jason, 1977-.

Whiteley, Jason.

Civil-military relations--Iraq--Baghdad.

Civil-military relations.

Postwar reconstruction--Moral and ethical aspects--Iraq--Baghdad.

Postwar reconstruction.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq.

Iraq--Baghdad.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xii, 193 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011]

Summary:

In March 2004, as a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point and a captain in the US Army, Whiteley was appointed governance officer for Al Dora, one of Baghdad's most violent areas. Without specific training for the post, Whiteley was assigned to "establish and oversee a council structure that would allow Iraqis to begin governing themselves and reconstruct their homeland." His idealistic hopes to do something good and significant were no match for the situation and setting; the plan for a principled council structure evolved into a "tangled web of alliances based on power, opportunity, and survival." As he describes the year that followed, Whiteley offers readers an insightful look at what is--as is not--happening in Iraq. The author left the military in 2005 and now lives in Europe. Distributed by Books International. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

Heavy business

Bullets and bedouins

Learning from the masters

Sitting in judgment

Banners and uprisings

Tea with terrorists

Money by the barrel

Allegiance

New arrivals

Fighting and fasting

Ballots and banality

Epilogue.

ISBN:

9781597975445

1597975443

OCLC:

650217399