03103nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10288623 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 071214s2008 cou sb 000 0 eng d 2007051382 9781555916763 (pbk.) 1555916767 (pbk.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)471131053 n-us--- a-iq--- e------ DS79.76 .M86 2008eb 956.7044/32 22 Mu�noz, Heraldo. A solitary war [electronic resource] : a diplomat's chronicle of the Iraq war and its lessons / Heraldo Mu�noz ; foreword by Kofi Annan. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, c2008. xiii, 270 p. Speaker's corner "A Fulcrum paperback original"--P. [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264). Foreword / by Kofi Annan -- Introduction -- Early warnings -- A telling phone call from Condi -- A war with multilateral support -- One, two, three Iraqs : the costs of the unilateralist doctrine -- War games in the United Nations : a tale of missed opportunities -- Resolution to act -- A tug of war -- The Blair-Lagos last-ditch effort -- The final diplomatic bets -- High noon in Iraq : diplomacy fails -- Unilateralism in retreat : the hard task of winning the peace in Iraq -- Multilateralism under fire -- The war deepens : the UN is a target -- A turn toward tactical multilateralism -- Why multilateralism matters : the United Nations enables the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq and the 2005 elections -- A sense of loss of direction and moral defeat -- Negotiating the establishment of the Iraqi interim government -- The end of occupation? -- The 2005 elections and the Nouri al-Maliki government -- Worlds apart : the alienation of allies -- Chile : the distant neighbor -- Mexico : "so far from God, so close to the United States" -- The transatlantic divide with the "old Europe" -- Less-than-willing allies and the failed evidence to go to war -- Conclusions : the U.S war backtrack and the future of multilateralism -- The costs of a war without friends -- A changing attitude toward the United Nations -- Why the United States should care about multilateralism -- Beyond Iraq : to lead or to impose. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. United Nations Iraq. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Diplomatic history. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Participation, European. United States Politics and government 2001-2009. Europe Politics and government 21st century. Iraq Politics and government 2003- Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Speaker's corner books. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10288623 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 496 496