Losing the Golden Hour - An Insider''s View of Iraq''s Reconstruction

Informationen zum Autor MARGERY THOMPSON Klappentext The first book by a senior career official in the Iraq reconstruction program Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Richard Armitage; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Map; 1. The Call; 2. Spiraling into Gotterdammerung; 3. The Proconsul; 4. Interregnum; 5. Jonestown; 6. Mud Wrestling; 7. The Mother of All Aprils; 8. Kafka Dies Hard; 9. The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship; 10. Exit Stage Left - Quickly; 11. Adult Supervision; 12. Trench Warfare; 13. The Outcome Still in Doubt; 14. Partners; 15. Attrition; 16. Just a Little Light; 17. Winding Down; 18. Going Home; Epilogue: Looking Back; Appendix: "A Brief History of the Economic Growth Program in Iraq" by David Wall; Index; About the Author.

Product details

• Authors: James Stephenson, James Eugene Stephenson
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2007
• EAN: 9781597971515
• ISBN: 978-1-59797-151-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplo; ADST-DACOR Diplomats and Diplo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education