Middle East Review of International Affairs

Volume 8, Number 1, March 2004

 

Failing to Meet Expectations in Iraq: A Review of the Original U.S. Post-War Strategy
by Carlos L. Yordan ^*

 

Abstract

The American-led Coalition's post-war efforts have become the subject of much controversy in Iraq and in the United States. This investigation argues that one explanation for increasing anger with these efforts stems from an overly optimistic post-war strategy that promised more than it could deliver.

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Note *: Carlos L. Yordan is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Government at Hamilton College and a Visiting Scholar in the Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. Back