How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity / / Brendan O'Leary.

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• VerfasserIn: O'Leary, Brendan,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

"There is no reason why America's withdrawal from Iraq should be as dishonest as its intervention has been judged to be."-Brendan O'Leary, from the PrefaceBoth the American people and Arab Iraqis have voiced their overwhelming desire to see U.S. troops removed from the country. How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity argues that the U.S. military intervention in Iraq must come to an end. But it must come to an end in a judicious, pragmatic, and orderly fashion. In this book, Brendan O'Leary spells out why that withdrawal can begin to occur now, why it is in the best interests of the United States and the Iraqis that withdrawal occur, and why Iraq can function as a federation once the U.S. military has left the country.How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity provides an in-depth analysis of the new Iraqi constitution, an evaluation of the political goals and powers of the major ethnic and religious groups that will constitute the new Iraqi state, and an assessment of the regional realities of a Saddam-less Iraq. With a viable constitution and other institutional structures already in place, Iraq is poised for a future as a sovereign state. If U.S. leaders facilitate the remaking of Iraq as a federation with four or more regions instead of a recentralized state, the United States can begin successfully to remove its forces.Propelled by this incisive and bold argument, How to Get Out of Iraq with Integrity provides the foundation for the incoming presidential administration to do just that, without betraying U.S. commitments to Arabs, Kurds, or democracy. To make his case, O'Leary draws on his extensive background as constitutional advisor to the Kurdistan Regional Government, the European Union, and the United Nations, along with expertise in constitutional design and ethnic reconciliation in Northern Ireland and South Africa.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Evaluating the U.S.-Led Intervention in Iraq -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Bush Administration's Formal Goals -- Chapter 2. The Bipartisan Congressional Goals for Iraq -- Chapter 3. The Imputed Goals of the Bush Administration -- Part II. The Case for a Substantive Withdrawal -- Introduction -- Chapter 4. Costs, Sunk Costs, and Potential Benefits -- Chapter 5. Securing the Iraqi Federation for All Its Peoples -- Part III. Leaving with Integrity -- Introduction -- Chapter 6. Respecting Iraq's Constitutional Integrity -- Chapter 7. Respecting Iraq's Territorial Integrity -- Chapter 8. Informing, Calming, and Working with the Neighbors -- Chapter 9. Cleaning Up Without Ruling -- Appendix 1. On Difficulties in Counting Deaths in Iraq -- Appendix 2. Xenophobia, Sexism, In-Group Solidarity, Traditional Religiosity, and Democratic Dispositions in Iraq -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments and Sources