TY  - BOOK
AU  - Terrill,W.Andrew
ED  - US Army War College.
TI  - Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions
T2  - Strategic Studies Institute monograph
SN  - 1584875275
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Carlisle, PA
PB  - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
KW  - peacebuilding
KW  - Iraq
KW  - internal politics
KW  - government
KW  - Middle East
KW  - regional security
KW  - nationbuilding
N1  - "May 2012."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-108); 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1106
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