Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions / W. Andrew Terrill.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Terrill, W. Andrew

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

SSI monograph

Strategic Studies Institute monograph

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq).

Postwar reconstruction--Iraq.

Postwar reconstruction.

Nation-building--Iraq.

Nation-building.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Iraq.

Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century.

Arab countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 108 pages).

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]

Summary:

This monograph considers both the future of Iraq and the differences and similarities between events in Iraq and the Arab Spring states. The author analyzes the nature of Iraqi de-Ba'athification and carefully evaluates the rationales and results of actions taken by both Americans and Iraqis involved in the process. While there are many differences between the formation of Iraq's post-Saddam Hussein government and the current efforts of some Arab Spring governing bodies to restructure their political institutions, it is possible to identify parallels between Iraq and Arab Spring countries. As in Iraq, new Arab Spring governments will have to apportion power, build or reform key institutions, establish political legitimacy for those institutions, and accommodate the enhanced expectations of their publics in a post-revolutionary environment. A great deal can go wrong in these circumstances, and any lessons that can be gleaned from earlier conflicts will be of considerable value to those nations facing these problems, as well as their regional and extra-regional allies seeking to help them. Moreover, officers and senior noncommissioned officers of the U.S. Army must realize that they may often have unique opportunities and unique credibility to offer advice on the lessons of Iraq to their counterparts in some of the Arab Spring nations.

Contents:

Introduction

The Ba'ath party as an instrument of Saddam Hussein's domination of Iraq

The de-Ba'athification order of May 16, 2003

Administration of the de-Ba'athification program

Military implications of de-Ba'athification

Efforts to reverse the excesses of de-Ba'athification

The "Accountability and Justice Act of 2008"

The continuing legacy of de-Ba'athification in Iraq

Evaluation of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program

Parallels and differences between Iraq and the Arab revolutionary nations. Tunisia and Egypt

Libya

Syria

Yemen

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 4, 2012).

"May 2012."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-108).

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Terrill, W. Andrew. Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions.

OCLC:

793090551

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