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001 2007051382
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005 20120321105620.0
008 071214s2008 cou b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007051382
020 $a9781555916763 (pbk.)
020 $a1555916767 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn183928757
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050 00 $aDS79.76$b.M86 2008
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100 1 $aMuñoz, Heraldo.
245 12 $aA solitary war :$ba diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons /$cHeraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan.
260 $aGolden, Colo. :$bFulcrum,$cc2008.
300 $axiii, 270 p. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aSpeaker's corner
500 $a"A Fulcrum paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-264).
505 0 $aForeword / 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.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDiplomatic history.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xParticipation, European.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009.
651 0 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$y21st century.
651 0 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y2003-
610 20 $aUnited Nations$zIraq.
830 0 $aSpeaker's corner books.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip086/2007051382.html