Iraq
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: William Dudley, book editor.
Contributors: Dudley, William.
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press; Thomson/Gale
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Causes; Iraq War, 2003- -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Democracy -- Iraq; United States -- Relations -- Iraq; Iraq -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: An; title: American attack on Iraq is justified -- George W. Bush -- An; title: American attack on Iraq is not justified -- John E. Farley; title: Liberating Iraq's people from a cruel regime justifies war -- George W. Vradenburg; title: Liberating Iraq's people does not justify war -- Michael Massing -- A; title: failure to find Iraq's weapons calls into question the justification for war -- David Corn; title: War was justified even if no weapons of mass destruction are found -- Michael Schrage -- The; title: war on Iraq heralded a positive new direction for American foreign policy -- Thomas Donnelly -- The; title: war on Iraq heralded a dangerous new direction for American foreign policy -- Stephen Zunes -- The; title: United States is failing to establish order in Iraq -- Philip Carter -- The; title: United States is successfully establishing order in Iraq -- Vito Fossella -- The; title: United States should embrace an imperialistic role in Iraq -- Max Boot -- The; title: United States should reject an imperialistic role in Iraq -- Awad Nasir; title: America must involve the United Nations in rebuilding Iraq -- Joseph R. Biden and Chuck Hagel; title: America should limit the United Nations' role in rebuilding Iraq -- Nile Gardiner; title: Iraq should have a secular democracy -- Barham Salih -- The; title: Iraqi people do not want a secular democracy -- Amir Butler; title: Iraq needs transitional rule by a strongman -- Daniel Pipes; title: Iraq needs a transitional government with dispersed powers -- Laith Kubba -- The; title: United States should permit Iraqis to elect an Islamic regime -- Joan Ryan -- The; title: United States should not permit Iraqis to elect an Islamic regime -- Robert Garmong; title: Iraq's prospects for democracy are good -- Rend Rahim Franke; title: Iraq's prospects for democracy are poor -- Patrick Basham; title: Iraq needs a federalist system of government -- Alon Ben-Meir; title: Iraq may need to divide into separate countries -- Ralph Peters; title: Iraq's oil resources can lay the foundations for future development -- Daniel Yergin; title: Iraq's oil resources may hinder future development-- John B. Judis.