A solitary war : a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / Heraldo Muñoz ; foreword by Kofi Annan.

• Foreword / 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.

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Ämnesord

Irakkriget 2003-2011  (sao)

Utrikespolitik  -- Förenta staterna (sao)

Iraq War, 2003-  -- Diplomatic history. (LCSH)

Iraq War, 2003-  -- Participation, European. (LCSH)

Iraq War, 2003-2011  (LCSH)

United States  -- Politics and government -- 2001- (LCSH)

Europe  -- Politics and government -- 21st century. (LCSH)

Iraq  -- Politics and government -- 2003- (LCSH)

Institutionsnamn

United Nations -- Iraq.

United Nations -- Irak

Nyckelord

Koai.6 Historia: Irak: 2000-

Publikations- och innehållstyp

956.7044/32 (DDC)

Koai.6 (kssb/8)