How to get out of Iraq with integrity / Brendan O'Leary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Leary, Brendan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

Postwar reconstruction.

Constitutional law--Iraq.

Constitutional law.

Federal government--Iraq.

Federal government.

Territory, National--Iraq.

Territory, National.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Iraq.

United States--Armed Forces--Iraq.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.

Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"There is no reason why America's withdrawal from Iraq should be as dishonest as its intervention has been judged to be."-Brendan O'Leary, from the PrefaceBoth the American people and Arab Iraqis have voiced their overwhelming desire to see U.S. troops removed from the country. How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity argues that the U.S. military intervention in Iraq must come to an end. But it must come to an end in a judicious, pragmatic, and orderly fashion. In this book, Brendan O'Leary spells out why that withdrawal can begin to occur now, why it is in the best interests of the United States and the Iraqis that withdrawal occur, and why Iraq can function as a federation once the U.S. military has left the country.How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity provides an in-depth analysis of the new Iraqi constitution, an evaluation of the political goals and powers of the major ethnic and religious groups that will constitute the new Iraqi state, and an assessment of the regional realities of a Saddam-less Iraq. With a viable constitution and other institutional structures already in place, Iraq is poised for a future as a sovereign state. If U.S. leaders facilitate the remaking of Iraq as a federation with four or more regions instead of a recentralized state, the United States can begin successfully to remove its forces.Propelled by this incisive and bold argument, How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity provides the foundation for the incoming presidential administration to do just that, without betraying U.S. commitments to Arabs, Kurds, or democracy. To make his case, O'Leary draws on his extensive background as constitutional advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government, the European Union, and the United Nations, along with expertise in constitutional design and ethnic reconciliation in Northern Ireland and South Africa.

Contents:

The Bush administration's formal goals

Bi-partisan Congressional goals for Iraq

The imputed goals of the Bush administration

Costs, sunk costs, and potential benefits

Securing the Iraqi federation for all its peoples

Respecting Iraq's constitutional integrity

Respecting Iraq's territorial integrity

Informing, calming, and working with the neighbors

Cleaning up without ruling

Appendix 1. On difficulties in counting deaths in Iraq

Appendix 2. Xenophobia, sexism, in-group solidarity, traditional religiosity, and democratic dispositions in Iraq.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-247) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781283897150

1283897156

9780812206081

0812206088

OCLC:

794702279