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The Occupation of Iraq
Involved for over thirty years in the politics of Iraq, Ali A. Allawi was a long-time opposition leader against the Baathist regime. In the post-Saddam years he has held important government positions and participated in crucial national decisions and events. In this book, the former Minister of Defense and Finance draws on his unique personal experience, extensive relationships with members of the main political groups and parties in Iraq, and deep understanding of the history and society of his country to answer the baffling questions that persist about its current crises. What really led the United States to invade Iraq, and why have events failed to unfold as planned?
The Occupation of Iraqexamines what the United States did and didn't know at the time of the invasion, the reasons for the confused and contradictory policies that were enacted, and the emergence of the Iraqi political class during the difficult transition process. The book tracks the growth of the insurgency and illuminates the complex relationships among Sunnis, Shias, and Kurds. Bringing the discussion forward to the reconfiguration of political forces in 2006, Allawi provides in these pages the clearest view to date of the modern history of Iraq and the invasion that changed its course in unpredicted ways.
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Media at war : the Iraq crisis
The Iraq war provoked widespread public debate, and media coverage of the events have also been the subject of scrutiny. Embedded reporters, 24-hour news and ′live on the spot′ reports have had a huge impact on the news we receive. The Media at War offers a critical overview of the war coverage, and provides a context for examining questions that emerged about the role of journalists: · What experience, training and protection do war reporters have? · What is the relationship between journalists and their sources? · Are embedded journalists able to deliver balanced news coverage? Howard Tumber and Jerry Palmer examine the pre-war phase, the military campaign and the post-war phase, as well as attitudes and interpretations of these events. Their comprehensive analysis includes both news page and comment page material.
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Darfur : a new history of a long war
Written by two authors with unparalleled first-hand experience of Darfur, this is the definitive guide. Newly updated and hugely expanded, this edition details Darfur's history in Sudan. It traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous Janjawiid and rebel groups, including the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement. It also analyses the brutal response of the Sudanese government. The authors investigate the responses by the African Union and the international community, including the halting peace talks and the attempts at peacekeeping. Flint and de Waal provide an authoritative and compelling account of contemporary Africa's most controversial conflict.
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حرب الضرورة : حرب الاختيار : سيرة حربين على العراق
هذا ليس كتابا عاديا حول السياسة الخارجية إنه سرد حي وصادق عن التاريخ الحديث سرد ينضح بوجهات نظر فيها البلاغة وفيها الفرادة بقلم رجل كان محركا أساسيا داخل البيت الأبيض ووزارة الخارجية وهو مدخل إلى التاريخ ومذكرات شخصية في آن معا يقدم لنا إطلالة قيمة على عدد من أهم الأحداث الدولية المعاصرة كما أنه يعد بوصلة كانت الولايات المتحدة بأمس الحاجة اليها كي تهتدي على ضوئها إلى كيفية تطبيق الدروس المستقاة من كل من الحربين.
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Darfur and the Crime of Genocide
In 2004, the State Department gathered more than a thousand interviews from refugees in Chad that verified Colin Powell's UN and congressional testimonies about the Darfur genocide. The survey cost nearly a million dollars to conduct and yet it languished in the archives as the killing continued, claiming hundreds of thousands of murder and rape victims and restricting several million survivors to camps. This book fully examines that survey and its heartbreaking accounts. It documents the Sudanese government's enlistment of Arab Janjaweed militias in destroying black African communities. The central questions are: why is the United States so ambivalent to genocide? Why do so many scholars deemphasize racial aspects of genocide? How can the science of criminology advance understanding and protection against genocide? This book gives a vivid firsthand account and voice to the survivors of genocide in Darfur.
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دروس من العراق تفادي الحرب التالية : الديمبراطورية : أمريكا لا تتعلم الدروس وتصاب بالجنون الرومانية من جديد
يعرض هذا الكتاب كيفية اتخاذ هذا القرار وحجم الدمار الذي خلفته الحرب على العراق ويقدم هذا الكتاب مجموعات المقالات التي ستجعلك تنضم إلى حركة منع نشوب حرب قادمة على العراق قد كان قرار الحرب على العراق من أسوأ قرارات السياسة الخارجية الأمريكية على الإطلاق وأكبر أخطائها إذا كان السبب الرئيسي لاتخاذ قرار شن الحرب على العراق هو إعادة الدفاع عن السلطة الأمريكية بعدما كشفت أحداث الحادي عشر من سبتمبر عن قابلية الدولة للسقوط، فإن النتيجة الفعلية كما تشير إليها مقالات ذلك الكتاب.
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Voices from Iraq
Featuring the testimony of close to seventy Iraqis from all walks of life, Voices from Iraq builds a riveting chronological history unmatched for its insight and revelations. Here is a history of the war in Iraq as told entirely by Iraqis living through the U.S. invasion and occupation. Beginning in 2003, this intimate narrative includes the experiential accounts of civilians, politicians, former dissidents, insurgents, and militiamen. Iraqis offering firsthand stories range from onetime Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to resistance fighters speaking on the condition of anonymity. Divided into five parts, these interviews recount the 2003 invasion; Iraq's gradual slide into chaos from 2004 to 2005; the start of a new order in 2006; the rise of open sectarian violence over the next two years; and the effort since 2008 to reconstruct a society from relative calm. Each section includes interviews grouped into themes, with brief epilogues for the participants. Not since Studs Terkel's The Good War has a book captured so acutely the human consequences of a conflict we are still struggling to understand. Voices from Iraq makes utterly vivid the meaning and legacy of America's campaign in Iraq.
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