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This page intentionally left blank Noah Feldman PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright©2004byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey 08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress, 3MarketPlace,Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX201SY AllRightsReserved LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Feldman,Noah,1970– WhatweoweIraq:warandtheethicsof nationbuilding/NoahFeldman. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN:0-691-12179-6(acid-freepaper) 1.Postwarreconstruction—Iraq.2.IraqWar,2003—Peace. 3.Newlyindependentstates—Casestudies.I.Title. DS79.769.F45 2004 956.7044′31—dc22 2004016041 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable ThisbookhasbeencomposedinDante Printedonacid-freepaper.∞ pup.princeton.edu PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 To the memory of Robert Nozick This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE Nation Building: Objectives 7 CHAPTER TWO Trusteeship, Paternalism, and Self-Interest 52 CHAPTER THREE The Magic of Elections and the Way Home 92 Conclusion 130 Acknowledgments 133 Notes 135 Index 149 This page intentionally left blank

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What do we owe Iraq? America is up to its neck in nation building--but the public debate, focused on getting the troops home, devotes little attention to why we are building a new Iraqi nation, what success would look like, or what principles should guide us. What We Owe Iraq sets out to shift the t

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This page intentionally left blank Noah Feldman PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD Copyright©2004byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey 08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress, 3MarketPlace,Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX201SY AllRightsReserved LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Feldman,Noah,1970– WhatweoweIraq:warandtheethicsof nationbuilding/NoahFeldman. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN:0-691-12179-6(acid-freepaper) 1.Postwarreconstruction—Iraq.2.IraqWar,2003—Peace. 3.Newlyindependentstates—Casestudies.I.Title. DS79.769.F45 2004 956.7044′31—dc22 2004016041 BritishLibraryCataloging-in-PublicationDataisavailable ThisbookhasbeencomposedinDante Printedonacid-freepaper.∞ pup.princeton.edu PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 To the memory of Robert Nozick This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Introduction 1 CHAPTER ONE Nation Building: Objectives 7 CHAPTER TWO Trusteeship, Paternalism, and Self-Interest 52 CHAPTER THREE The Magic of Elections and the Way Home 92 Conclusion 130 Acknowledgments 133 Notes 135 Index 149 This page intentionally left blank

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What do we owe Iraq? America is up to its neck in nation building--but the public debate, focused on getting the troops home, devotes little attention to why we are building a new Iraqi nation, what success would look like, or what principles should guide us. What We Owe Iraq sets out to shift the t

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