TY  - BOOK
AU  - Muñoz,Heraldo
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - A solitary war: a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons 
T2  - Speaker's corner
AV  - DS79.76 .M86 2008eb
U1  - 956.7044/32 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Golden, Colo.
PB  - Fulcrum
KW  - United Nations
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Diplomatic history
KW  - Participation, European
KW  - United States
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2001-2009
KW  - Europe
KW  - 21st century
KW  - 2003-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10288623
ER  -