TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cordesman,Anthony H.
AU  - Mausner,Adam
AU  - Derby,Elena
TI  - Iraq and the United States: creating a strategic partnership 
SN  - 9780892065950 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - 414 DS 79.769 C794i 2010
U1  - 355/.031097309567 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Center for Strategic and International Studies
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Postwar reconstruction
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2003-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Key security, political, and economic issues -- The uncertain security environment in Iraq -- Arab-Kurdish tensions : political accommodation versus the possibility of conflict and dividing the Iraqi security forces -- The Sunni insurgency and Sunni politics -- The uncertain security and politics of the south -- The role of external powers : Iraqi attitudes toward outside states and companies -- The uncertain politics of the national election and forming a viable government -- The costs and risks of dependence on the petroleum sector -- The broader range of economic challenges and "threats" -- Iraqi reconstruction funding -- Shaping the character of U.S. withdrawal -- The Ministry of Defense and Iraqi military forces -- The Ministry of Interior, Iraqi Police and Internal Security Forces -- U.S. support of Iraqi Security Forces : "the paradigm shift" -- The Iraqi-U.S. strategic framework agreement : U.S. troop withdrawal and the shift to aid and advisory services
ER  -