Losing the Golden Hour : An Insider's View of Iraq's Reconstruction

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stephenson, James, 1946-

Series:

An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book Losing the golden hour

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanitarian assistance--Iraq.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Peace.

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

Stephenson, James, 1946-.

United States. Agency for International Development--Officials and employees--Anecdotes.

Postwar reconstruction--Peace--Iraq.

Postwar reconstruction.

Humanitarian assistance.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Local Subjects:

Humanitarian assistance--Iraq.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Peace.

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

Stephenson, James, 1946-.

United States. Agency for International Development--Officials and employees--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Place of Publication:

Dulles, : Potomac Books Inc., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book by a senior career official in the Iraq reconstruction program

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Map; 1. The Call; 2. Spiraling into Götterdämmerung; 3. The Proconsul; 4. Interregnum; 5. Jonestown; 6. Mud Wrestling; 7. The Mother of All Aprils; 8. Kafka Dies Hard; 9. The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship; 10. Exit Stage Left-Quickly; 11. Adult Supervision; 12. Trench Warfare; 13. The Outcome Still in Doubt; 14. Partners; 15. Attrition; 16. Just a Little Light; 17. Winding Down; 18. Going Home; Epilogue; Appendix: A Brief History of the Economic Growth Program in Iraq, by David Wall; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L

MN; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-59797-339-4

OCLC:

755592889