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Author Renahan, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1941- author.

Title The struggle for Iraq : a view from the ground up / Thomas M. Renahan
Published Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 520 pages)
Contents Southern Iraq -- An American advisor in the new Iraq -- The campaign for democracy -- Democracy and the culture of violence -- Bottoming out -- Baghdad and beyond -- "Welcome back to your country" -- Islam and democracy in the new Iraq -- The struggle to reduce corruption -- Extending the anti-corruption struggle to the national level -- The struggle for human rights -- The struggle to protect civil society organizations -- The personal meaning of terrorism -- The day the music died -- Sinking your own ship -- The instinct to control -- US aid and lessons learned in Iraq -- Kurdistan from the inside -- The Kurds : red, white, and blue and shades of gray -- A ministry from the ground up -- Reforming a ministry : starting low, aiming high -- America and the future of Iraq -- Picking up the pieces in a shattered country -- Winning the endgame in Iraq -- Drawing lines in the sand -- The American from Iraq
Summary A political scientist's firsthand report on Iraq and his work with his Iraqi staff to promote democracy and fight corruption, from the days of the Coalition Provisional Authority to the present, and his recommendations for American policy-makers based on the lessons learned
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Renahan, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1941-
SUBJECT Renahan, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1941-
Renahan, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1941- fast
Subject Democracy -- Iraq
Political corruption -- Iraq
Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
HISTORY -- Military -- Iraq War (2003- )
Democracy
Political corruption
Politics and government
Postwar reconstruction
SUBJECT Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001807
Subject Iraq
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016056686
ISBN 9781612349244
1612349242
9781612349268
1612349269