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Losing the Golden Hour - An Insider's View of Iraq's Reconstruction (Hardcover)
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Losing the Golden Hour - An Insider's View of Iraq's Reconstruction (Hardcover)
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In emergency medicine, "the golden hour" is the first hour after
injury during which treatment greatly increases survivability. In
post-conflict transition terminology, it is the first year after
hostilities end. Without steadily improving conditions then,
popular support declines and chances for economic, political, and
social transformation begin to evaporate. James Stephenson believes
we have lost Iraq's golden hour. A veteran of postconflict
reconstruction on three continents, he ran the Iraq mission of the
Agency for International Development in 2004-05 with more than a
thousand employees and expatriate contractors. The Coalition
Provisional Authority, which oversaw the largest reconstruction and
nation-building exercise ever, was a dysfunctional organization the
Department of Defense cobbled together with temporary employees and
a few experienced professionals from the State Department and other
agencies. Iraqis soon became disillusioned, and the insurgency
grew."Losing the Golden Hour" tells of hubris, incompetence,
courage, fear, and duty. It is about foreign assistance
professionals trying to overcome the mistakes of an ill-conceived
occupation and help Iraqis create a nation after decades of
despair. Neither criticizing nor defending U.S. foreign policy,
Stephenson offers an informed assessment of Iraq's future.Selected
for the Diplomats and Diplomacy Book Series of the Association for
Diplomatic Studies and Training and Diplomatic and Consular
Officers, Retired.
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