List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Iraq from the Ground Up
Part 1. Southern Iraq
1. An American Advisor in the New Iraq
2. The Campaign for Democracy
3. Democracy and the Culture of Violence
4. Bottoming Out
Part 2. Baghdad and Beyond
5. “Welcome Back to Your Country”
6. Islam and Democracy in the New Iraq
7. The Struggle to Reduce Corruption
8. Extending the Anti-Corruption Struggle to the National Level
9. The Struggle for Human Rights
10. The Struggle to Protect Civil Society Organizations
11. The Personal Meaning of Terrorism
12. The Day the Music Died
13. Sinking Your Own Ship
14. The Instinct to Control
15. USAID and Lessons Learned in Iraq
Part 3. Kurdistan from the Inside
16. The Kurds—Red, White, and Blue and Shades of Gray
17. A Ministry from the Ground Up
18. Reforming a Ministry—Starting Low, Aiming High
Part 4. America and the Future of Iraq
19. Picking Up the Pieces in a Shattered Country
20. Winning the Endgame in Iraq
21. Drawing Lines in the Sand
22. The American from Iraq
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index