The new Iraq
Subtitle: rebuilding the country for its people, the Middle East, and the world
By: Joseph Braude.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780465007882
Subjects: Économie; Gouvernement; Histoire; Politique; Société; Iraq -- History -- 1991-2003.; Irak -- Histoire -- 1991-2003.; Irak -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1991-2003.; Irak -- Conditions économiques -- 1991-; Irak
Description: Braude sheds light on a country unknown to Westerners after a decade of international isolation and shows how a viable Iraqi economy will help transform the Middle East. Confronting future challenges with optimism, Braude outlines the transition of Iraq's political system; the reconstitution of its worn-out military into an army of nation-building; the promotion of religious tolerance; new business opportunities, and the revitalization of its entertainment industry, media, education, and legal systems. Braude, who was born to an Iraqi-Jewish family, is a business consultant to governments and businesses on the Middle East.
Table of contents: title: The legacy of ancient Iraq; title: The struggle for Islamic Iraq; title: The soundtrack to modern Iraq; title: The party's over : Saddam's privileged politicos and their future in Iraq; title: State-building by the book : Islamic leadership in the new Iraq; title: About face : reengineering the Iraqi army; title: The wages of stability : stunted business and labor under sanctions and surveillance; title: Iraq'n'roll : profit and gain in Iraq's globalization; title: The editorial we : pluralism and Iraqi journalism; title: Babylon take two : Iraqi cinema and entertainment; title: Teachers and judges of truth.