Book/Printed Material Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions

Title

• Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions

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."-- Publisher's website

Names

• Terrill, W. Andrew
• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Created / Published

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

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.

Headings

• -  Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-ʻArabī al-Ishtirākī (Iraq)
• -  Nation-building--Iraq
• -  Postwar reconstruction--Iraq
• -  Arab countries--Politics and government--21st century
• -  Iraq--Politics and government--2003

Notes

• -  "May 2012."
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-108).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xii, 108 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• DS79.769
• Strategic Studies Institute monograph

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2023692779

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2023692779

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2023692779

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