Even today, most Americans can not understand just why the
fighting continues in Iraq, whether our nation should be involved
there now, and how we could change our tactics to help establish a
lasting peace in the face of what many fear will become a
full-fledged civil war. In the book at hand, Victoria Fontan - a
professor of peace and conflict studies who lived, worked and
researched in Iraq - shares pointed insights into the emotions of
IraQ's people, and specifically how democratization has in that
country come to be associated with humiliation. Including
interviews with common people in Iraq this work makes clear how
laudable intentions do not always bring the desired result when it
comes to international conflict and cross-cultural psychology. For
example, Fontan explains, one might consider the comment of a young
Shiite: The greatest humiliation of all was to see foreigners
topple Saddam, not because we loved him, but because we could not
do it ourselves.
This gripping text is focused on a new and growing area of human
psychology - humiliation studies. In it, this leader at the United
Nations-mandated University for Peace spotlights aspects of U.S.
actions - and Iraqi perceptions - that have fueled ongoing conflict
and left some increasingly outspoken residents of the U.S., and the
rest of the world, demanding that foreign forces be withdrawn and
the Iraqis left to their own accord. The work examines issues
including how and when the Iraqis began to see the United States,
as not a liberator but as an occupier; how both Abu Ghraib and our
ensuing handling of the scandal heightened Iraqi humiliation and
fighting; how we've fueled the ethno-religious unrest that still
rages today; and how the Post-Saddam elections paved the way for
civil war. Fontan also describes the role of women in Iraq who may
ultimately be an important key to peace and explains her views on
the new role the U.S. may play to better help establish peace.
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Praeger Security International |
Release date: |
December 2008 |
First published: |
December 2008 |
Authors: |
Victoria Fontan
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-313-36532-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-313-36532-6 |
Barcode: |
9780313365324 |
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