"The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace"

It was a "tough read", but I finished Ali Allawi's "The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace"!

Since I have reported on many of the books I have read on the Iraq disaster, I can rather quickly indicate that there would be no reason for reading this book IF you read many of the others. However, if someone had no time to read other books on the subject, then this one deserves consideration.

What he reports is consistent with what others have written. What he adds is the fact that he is an Iraqi! From that perspective, there is an added credibility to his account of the disaster created by the horrendous decision to invade Iraq for a lie! Unfortunately, as he also indicated, the Iraqi people are the ones who have really suffered for this decision. Whatever the positive value of removing Hussien is overwhelmed by the destruction of the nation and killings and displacement of the Iraqi people.

He also emphasizes what others note clearly that the American invasion was ill-planned and reflected a total lack of understanding of the Iraqi nation, Arab culture, and Islam sectarianism. The consequences were disastrous!