Iraq in Transition The Legacy of Dictatorship and the Prospects for Democracy

摘要

Peter Munson is an officer in the US Marine Corps and a veteran of the war in Iraq. This book represents his best effort to get to grips with the complex nature of the insurgency that flourished after the collapse of the regime in Iraq after 2003. His goal is to provide a useful guide to others who might serve in Iraq or in other places like it. The last point is important because the book attempts to provide lessons learned that can be applied effectively to future stabilisation operations. This is not, however, simply a soldier's story full of the reminiscences of war, but a sober analysis which attempts to explain why Iraq imploded once the occupation began in 2003 and why this led to a multifacctcd insurgency stretching across the entire country.