The Struggle for Iraq A View from the Ground Up 1st Edition by Thomas M Renahan ISBN 9781612349268 1612349269

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ISBN 10: 1612349269
ISBN 13: 9781612349268
Author: Thomas M Renahan

The Struggle for Iraq is a vivid personal account of the Iraqi people’s fight for democracy and justice by an American political scientist. Thomas M. Renahan arrived in southern Iraq just three days before the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Later he worked in Baghdad through the dark days of the country’s sectarian violence and then in Iraqi Kurdistan. One of the few Americans to serve in all three major regions of Iraq, he spearheaded projects to develop democratic institutions, promote democracy and elections, and fight corruption.

With inside accounts of two USAID projects and of a Kurdish government ministry, this engrossing and cautionary story highlights efforts to turn Baathist Iraq into a democratic country. Renahan examines the challenges faced by the Iraqi people and international development staff during this turbulent time, revealing both their successes and frustrations. Drawing on his on-the-ground civilian perspective, Renahan recounts how expatriate staff handled the hardships and dangers as well as the elaborate security required to protect them, how Iraqi staff coped with the personal security risks of working for Coalition organizations, and the street-level mayhem and violence, including the assassinations of close Iraqi friends.

Although Iraq remains in crisis, it has largely defeated the ISIS terrorists who seized much of the country in 2014. Renahan emphasizes, however, that reconciliation is still the end game in Iraq. In the concluding chapters he explains how the United States can support this process and help resolve the complex problems between the Iraqi government and the independence-minded Kurds, offering hope for the future

The Struggle for Iraq A View from the Ground Up 1st Edition Table of contents:

1. Iraq from the Ground (possibly the opening introduction)

2. Southern Iraq

3. An American Advisor in the New Iraq

4. The Campaign for Democracy

5. Democracy and the Culture of Violence

6. Bottoming Out

7. Baghdad and Beyond

8. “Welcome Back to Your Country”

9. Islam and Democracy in the New Iraq

10. The Struggle to Reduce Corruption

11. Extending the Anti-Corruption Struggle to the National Level

12. The Struggle for Human Rights

13. The Struggle to Protect Civil Society Organizations

14. The Personal Meaning of Terrorism

15. The Day the Music Died

16. “Sinking Your Own Ship”

17. “The Instinct to Control”

18. USAID and Lessons Learned in Iraq

19. The Kurds: Red, White, and Blue and Shades of Gray

20. A Ministry from the Ground Up

21. Reforming a Ministry: Starting Low, Aiming High

22. Picking Up the Pieces in a Shattered Country

23. Winning the Endgame in Iraq

24. Drawing Lines in the Sand

25. The American from Iraq

26. Acknowledgments

27. Glossary

28. Index

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