| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 175 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
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ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The call -- Spiraling into Götterdämmerung -- The proconsul -- Interregnum -- Jonestown -- Mud wrestling -- The mother of all Aprils -- Kafka dies hard -- The beginning of a beautiful friendship -- Exit stage left-quickly -- Adult supervision -- Trench warfare -- The outcome still in doubt -- Partners -- Attrition -- Just a little light -- Winding down -- Going home. |
| Summary |
"In emergency medicine, "the golden hour" is the first hour after injury during which treatment greatly increases survivability. In post-conflict transition terminology, it is the first year after hostilities end. Without steadily improving conditions then, popular support declines and chances for economic, political, and social transformation begin to evaporate." "James Stephenson believes we have lost Iraq's golden hour. A veteran of post-conflict reconstruction on three continents, he ran the Iraq mission of the Agency for International Development in 2004-2005 with more than a thousand employees and expatriate contractors. The Coalition Provisional Authority, which oversaw the largest reconstruction and nation-building exercise ever, was a dysfunctional organization the Department of Defense cobbled together with temporary employees and a few experienced professionals from the State Department and other agencies. Iraqis soon became disillusioned, and the Insurgency grew." "Losing the Golden Hour tells of hubris, incompetence, courage, fear, and duty. It is about foreign assistance professionals trying to overcome the mistakes of an ill-conceived occupation and help Iraqis create a nation after decades of despair. Neither criticizing nor defending U.S. foreign policy, Stephenson offers an informed assessment of Iraq's future."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Stephenson, James, 1946-
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Stephenson, James, 1946- |
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United States. Agency for International Development -- Officials and employees -- Anecdotes.
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United States. Agency for International Development. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
Stephenson, James, 1946- |
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United States. Agency for International Development. |
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Iraq War (2003-2011) |
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Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq.
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Postwar reconstruction. |
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Iraq. |
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Humanitarian assistance -- Iraq.
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Humanitarian assistance. |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Peace.
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Peace. |
| Chronological Term |
2003-2011 |
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Geschichte 2003-2004 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stephenson, James, 1946- Losing the golden hour. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2007 9781597971515 (DLC) 2007025125 (OCoLC)144772510 |
| ISBN |
9781597973397 electronic book |
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1597973394 electronic book |
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9781597971515 |
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1597971510 |
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