Occupying Iraq : a history of the Coalition Provisional Authority / James Dobbins ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dobbins, James, 1942-

Coalition Provisional Authority.

Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

Postwar reconstruction.

Iraq.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Bremer, L. Paul.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focuses on the activities of the Coalition Provisional Authority during the first year of the occupation of Iraq. Based on interviews and nearly 100,000 never-before-released documents from CPA archives, the book recounts and evaluates the efforts of the United States and its coalition partners to restore public services, counter a burgeoning insurgency, and create the basis for representative government.

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE The Origin of the CPA; CHAPTER TWO Building the CPA; CHAPTER THREE Creating the Governing Council; CHAPTER FOUR Establishing Security; CHAPTER FIVE Governing Iraq; CHAPTER SIX Promoting the Rule of Law; CHAPTER SEVEN Growing the Economy; CHAPTER EIGHT Running the CPA; CHAPTER NINE Promoting Democracy; CHAPTER TEN Disarming Militias and Countering Insurgents; CHAPTER ELEVEN Exit and Appraisal; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York."

"National Security Research Division."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-340) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-28281-6

9786612282812

0-8330-4724-8

OCLC:

432108190