America's leading expert on democracy delivers the first insider's account of the U.S. occupation of Iraq-a sobering and critical assessment of America's effort to implant democracy In the fall of 2003, Stanford professor Larry Diamond received a call from Condoleezza Rice, asking if he would spend several months in Baghdad as an adviser to the the American occupation authorities. Diamond had not been a supporter of the war in Iraq, but he felt that the task of building a viable democracy was a worthy goal now that Saddam Hussein's regime had been overthrown. He also thought he could do some good by putting his academic expertise to work in the real world. So in January 2004 he went to Iraq, and the next three months proved to be more of an education than he bargained for.Diamond found himself part of one of the most audacious undertakings of our time. In
Squandered Victory he shows how the American effort to establish democracy in Iraq was hampered not only by insurgents and terrorists but also by a long chain of miscalculations, missed opportunities, and acts of ideological blindness that helped assure that the transition to independence would be neither peaceful nor entirely democratic. He brings us inside the Green Zone, into a world where ideals were often trumped by power politics and where U.S. officials routinely issued edicts that later had to be squared (at great cost) with Iraqi realities. His provocative and vivid account makes clear that Iraq-and by extension, the United States-will spend many years climbing its way out of the hole that was dug during the fourteen months of the American occupation.
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Larry Diamond’s ‘Squandered Victory’, portraying his take on the war in Iraq, and while I was taking a moment to reflect . Given the poor after war planning and the inherent religious and cultural fissures in Iraq itself, this is debatable. Nonetheless, a good addition to one's Iraq library.
Larry Diamond’s ‘Squandered Victory’, portraying his take on the war in Iraq, and while I was taking a moment to reflect on what I had learned from reading his experience, I found, quite by coincidence, that I can draw similar lessons from the two other recently finished reads.
Squandered Victory book. Chilling-and often scathing-detail.
His book Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq, published in 2005, was one of the first public critical analyses of America's post-invasion of Iraq strategy. Despite the surge of democracy throughout the world up until the 1990s, Diamond believes democracy must improve where it already exists before it can spread to other countries.
In Squandered Victory he shows how the American effort to establish democracy in Iraq was . So in January 2004 he went to Iraq, and the next three months proved to be more of an education than he bargained for.
In Squandered Victory he shows how the American effort to establish democracy in Iraq was hampered not only by insurgents and terrorists but also by a long chain of miscalculations, missed opportunities, and acts of ideological blindness that helped assure that the transition to independence would be neither peaceful nor entirely democratic. He brings us inside the Green Zone, into a world where ideals were often trumped by power politics and where . officials routinely issued edicts that later had to be squared (at great cost) with Iraqi realities.
The bottom line is this book is on page 290: We never listened to the Iraqi people, or to the figures in the country that they respected
The bottom line is this book is on page 290: We never listened to the Iraqi people, or to the figures in the country that they respected
occupation of Iraq-a sobering and critical assessment of America's effort to implant democracy In the fall of 2003, Stanford professor Larry Diamond received a call from Condoleezza Rice, asking if he would spend several months in Baghdad as an adviser to the the. American occupation authorities.
Today he will be discussing his book, Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and .
Today he will be discussing his book, Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq. It has been over two years since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime and Iraq still remains a country awash in tragedy.
Squandered Victory : The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
Squandered Victory : The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq. Squandered Victory" is, I submit, a book which will have wide appeal to those who are intellectually interested in America's recent intrusion into Iraq, its justification for that intrusion, and its problem with "building a peace" after defeating the Iraqi military, bringing down Saddam Hussein, and occupying the country.