TERRILL W Andrew <br/><br/>
Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions /  
W. Andrew Terrill. 
 - Carlisle, PA :    Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,    [2012] 
 - xii, 108 p. ;    23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- The Ba'ath party as an instrument of Saddam Hussein's domination of Iraq -- The de-Ba'athification order of May 16, 2003 -- Administration of the de-Ba'athification program -- Military implications of de-Ba'athification -- Efforts to reverse the excesses of de-Ba'athification -- The "Accountability and Justice Act of 2008" -- The continuing legacy of de-Ba'athification in Iraq -- Evaluation of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program -- Parallels and differences between Iraq and the Arab revolutionary nations. Tunisia and Egypt -- Libya -- Syria -- Yemen -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> This monograph considers both the future of Iraq and the differences and similarities between events in Iraq and the Arab Spring states. The author analyzes the nature of Iraqi de-Ba'athification and carefully evaluates the rationales and results of actions taken by both Americans and Iraqis involved in the process. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781584875277 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq.<br/>Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-<br/>Nation-building -- Iraq.