Turbulent Transition in Iraq: Can It Succeed?

Authors

Judith S. Yaphe, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

One year after liberation, most Iraqis are impatient with the military occupation of their country. Although grateful for the removal of Saddam Hussein’s cruel and repressive regime, many assumed the United States and its coalition members would soon go home and leave them to sort out their political, economic, and military fate. The war, after all, had been fought to liberate Iraqis from political tyranny, not to defeat the Iraqi people. Both U.S. and Iraqi expectations were high that the transition from oppression to democracy would be smooth and quick and that Iraqi political elites would move swiftly to ensure democratic rule.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

6-2004

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Yaphe, Judith S., "Turbulent Transition in Iraq: Can It Succeed?" (2004). Strategic Forums. 104.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/104