02863cam a2200397L 4500 40277 20230410103856.0 060203s2006 enk 000 u eng d (OCoLC)ocn474709378 DKDLA dan DKDLA 0743273893 9780743273893 DKDLA 32603436 DKDLA 32879104 DKDLA 34701210 (OCoLC)474709378 414 DS 79.769 B836m 2006 956.704430092 z GRAL My year in Iraq : the struggle to build a future of hope / L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell. London : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2006. 417 s. : ill. When Paul 'Jerry' Bremer, a retired diplomat and counterterrorism expert, arrived in post-war Baghdad as 'pro-consul', he was shocked. His hurried briefings in Washington by the State and Defence Departments and the C.I.A. had not prepared him for the devastation, the chaos, and the violence. With security worsening, the Iraqi army having disappeared, no viable local currency, looters running wild, the electricity system down, food supply in jeopardy and factions of Kurds, majority Shia, and the newly dispossessed Sunnis at a political standoff demanding Iraq be turned over to them. Ambassador Bremer struggled to jumpstart the economy while putting the country on the road to democracy. Bremer describes his meetings with President Bush and multiple encounters with Rumsfeld, Rice and Powell in which he pushed for additional funds for Iraq's reconstruction and warned of the dangers of prematurely turning security over to untrained Iraqi security forces and turning governance over to exiles with no plan for a constitution or elections. He describes working with Iraqi leaders on a constitution to protect individual rights and dramatizes the heroic efforts of his staff and Coalition forces to give the long-suffering Iraqi people a measure of peace and hope. Ambassador Bremer's book is vital reading if we wish to understand the immense stakes involved in this war and this troubled region. Describes working with Iraqi leaders on a constitution to protect individual rights and dramatizes the heroic efforts of the author's staff and Coalition forces to give the Iraqi people a measure of peace and hope. He presents an account of danger, chaos, and challenge in the Coalition's first year after the military victory over Saddam Hussein. general. Postwar reconstruction - Iraq. Iraq War, 2003. Iraq - Politics and government - 2003-. Postwar reconstruction Iraq. Insurgency Iraq. Bremer, Paul. McConnell, Malcolm. lcc bk bc 27535 27535 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 414 DS 79.769 B836m 2006 00000041130 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk