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A solitary war : a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons
- Title
- A solitary war : a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / Heraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan.
- Author
- Muñoz, Heraldo.
- Publication
- Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, c2008.
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- Description
- xiii, 270 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Speaker's corner
- Uniform Title
- Speaker's corner books.
- Subjects
- Note
- "A Fulcrum paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264).
- Contents
- Foreword / by Kofi Annan -- Introduction -- Early warnings -- A telling phone call from Condi -- A war with multilateral support -- One, two, three Iraqs : the costs of the unilateralist doctrine -- War games in the United Nations : a tale of missed opportunities -- Resolution to act -- A tug of war -- The Blair-Lagos last-ditch effort -- The final diplomatic bets -- High noon in Iraq : diplomacy fails -- Unilateralism in retreat : the hard task of winning the peace in Iraq -- Multilateralism under fire -- The war deepens : the UN is a target -- A turn toward tactical multilateralism -- Why multilateralism matters : the United Nations enables the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq and the 2005 elections -- A sense of loss of direction and moral defeat -- Negotiating the establishment of the Iraqi interim government -- The end of occupation? -- The 2005 elections and the Nouri al-Maliki government -- Worlds apart : the alienation of allies -- Chile : the distant neighbor -- Mexico : "so far from God, so close to the United States" -- The transatlantic divide with the "old Europe" -- Less-than-willing allies and the failed evidence to go to war -- Conclusions : the U.S war backtrack and the future of multilateralism -- The costs of a war without friends -- A changing attitude toward the United Nations -- Why the United States should care about multilateralism -- Beyond Iraq : to lead or to impose.
- Call Number
- JFD 08-1865
- ISBN
- 9781555916763 (pbk.)
- 1555916767 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2007051382
- OCLC
- 183928757
- Author
- Muñoz, Heraldo.
- Title
- A solitary war : a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / Heraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan.
- Imprint
- Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, c2008.
- Series
- Speaker's cornerSpeaker's corner books.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 08-1865