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Lessons of the Iraqi De-Ba'athification Program for Iraq's Future and the Arab Revolutions (Paperback)
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Lessons of the Iraqi De-Ba'athification Program for Iraq's Future and the Arab Revolutions (Paperback)
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In December 2011, the last U.S. combat troops were withdrawn from
Iraq after an almost 9-year presence in that country. This day was
welcomed by the U.S. public after years of sacrifice and struggle
to build a new Iraq. Yet, the Iraq that U.S. troops have left at
the insistence of its government remains a deeply troubled nation.
Often Iraqi leaders view political issues in sharply sectarian
terms, and national unity is elusive. The Iraqi political system
was organized by both the United States and Iraq, although over
time, U.S. influence diminished and Iraqi influence increased. In
this monograph, Dr. W. Andrew Terrill examines the policies of
de-Ba'athification as initiated by the U.S.- led Coalition
Provision Authority (CPA) under Ambassador L. Paul Bremer and as
practiced by various Iraqi political commissions and entities
created under the CPA order. He also considers the ways in which
the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program has evolved and remained an
important but divisive institution over time. Dr. Terrill suggests
that many U.S. officials in Iraq saw problems with
de-Ba'athification, but they had difficulties softening or
correcting the process once it had become firmly established in
Iraqi hands. Other U.S. policymakers were slower in recognizing the
politicized nature of de-Ba'athification and its devolution into a
process in which both its Iraqi supporters and opponents viewed it
as an instrument of Shi'ite revenge and political domination of
Sunni Arabs. Dr. Terrill's monograph considers both the future of
Iraq and the differences and similarities between events in Iraq
and the Arab Spring states. He has examined both Ba'athism as a
concept and the ways in which it was practiced in Saddam Hussein's
Iraq. He notes that the initial principles of Ba'athism were
sufficiently broad as to allow their acquisition by a tyrant
seeking ideological justification for a merciless regime. His
comprehensive analysis of Iraqi Ba'athism ensures that he does not
overgeneralize when drawing potential parallels to events in the
Arab Spring countries. Dr. Terrill considers the nature of Iraqi
de-Ba'athification in considerable depth 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. Some
insights for emerging governments may, correspondingly, be guided
by a comprehensive understanding of these parallels. The Arab
Spring revolutions that have overthrown the governments of Tunisia,
Egypt, Libya, and Yemen at the time of this writing are a regional
process of stunning importance. While these revolutions began with
a tremendous degree of hope, great difficulties loom in the future.
New 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 it is important to consider ways
in which these new governing structures can be supported, so long
as they remain inclusive and democratic. Any lessons that can be
gleaned from earlier conflicts will be of considerable value to the
nations facing these problems as well as to their regional and
extra-regional allies seeking to help them.
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