A solitary war
Muñoz, Heraldo.
A solitary war a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / [electronic resource] : Heraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, c2008. - xiii, 270 p. - Speaker's corner . - Speaker's corner books. .
"A Fulcrum paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264).
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United Nations--Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Diplomatic history.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, European.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
Europe--Politics and government--21st century.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
Electronic books.
DS79.76 / .M86 2008eb
956.7044/32
A solitary war a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / [electronic resource] : Heraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan. - Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, c2008. - xiii, 270 p. - Speaker's corner . - Speaker's corner books. .
"A Fulcrum paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264).
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United Nations--Iraq.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Diplomatic history.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, European.
United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
Europe--Politics and government--21st century.
Iraq--Politics and government--2003-
Electronic books.
DS79.76 / .M86 2008eb
956.7044/32