TY - BOOK AU - TERRILL W Andrew TI - Lessons of the Iraqi de-Ba'athification program for Iraq's future and the Arab revolutions / SN - 9781584875277 (pbk) PY - 2012///] CY - Carlisle, PA : PB - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - Iraq KW - Iraq KW - Politics and government KW - 2003- KW - Nation-building N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1106 ER -