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Mission Not Accomplished: What Went Wrong with Iraqi Reconstruction.
- Source :
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Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association . 2006 Annual Meeting, p1-473. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This article argues that the prewar planning process for postwar Iraq was plagues by myriad problems, including a dysfunctional interagency process, overly optimistic assumptions, and a lack of contingency planning for alternative outcomes. These problems were compounded by a lack of civilian capacity during the occupation period, which led to a complicated and often uncoordinated relationship with the military authorities who found themselves taking the lead in many reconstruction activities. Taken together, these mistakes meant that U.S. success on the battlefield was merely a prelude to a postwar insurgency whose outcome remains very much in doubt more than three years later. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Conference Papers -- American Political Science Association
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 26944147
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390600765876