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Title: The New Iraq: Rebuilding the Country for Its People, the Middle East, and the World by Joseph Braude ISBN: 0-465-00788-0 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Iraqi-American Writes a Wonderful Book about The New Iraq
Comment: As a fellow Iraqi-American, I thank Joseph Braude for writing his excellent book, The New Iraq. I bought my copy and read it cover-to-cover with glee and rapt attention.
Not only does Braude write well and demonstrate the fruits of deep research, but he also engages the reader with humor, vivid stories, and cultural insights that lead the reader to the heart of the Iraqi people. From the amazing stories of Tanukhi, the medieval judge and storyteller, to the resillient adventures of ingenious modern Iraqi businessmen, Braude weaves a delightful tapestry in The New Iraq.
As an Iraqi-American, Braude's love for the Iraqi people and their culture is evident. It's also evident that Braude is an appreciator of the best of America and is an ambassador who bridges the gap of understanding between Americans and Iraqis. He has degrees from Yale and Princeton in Arab and Islamic studies and has lived in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and throughout the Middle East. With the media coverage focusing so much on the details of war, the punditry of retired generals, and the mechanics of invasion, Joseph Braude's The New Iraq takes a step back to admire the past, present, and potentially bright future of the Iraqi people.
As an Iraqi, I want Americans to learn more about my people. I believe, as Joseph Braude does, that it is essential for Americans to engage the people of Iraq who have lived in Saddam's shadow for years. "This book is not about Saddam Hussein," writes author Braude. Indeed, this book is about the exciting yet underreported and repressed accomplishments of the Iraqi people - a people who have the potential to build a great country. In the introduction to his book, Braude offers a call to action for Americans and others throughout the world in the public and private sector to join in supporting the rebuilding of Iraq. Braude calls on Americans to contribute their talents and energies toward one of the Middle East's most talented peoples. As Braude argues in his introduction, rebuilding Iraq after the war will benefit not only the people of Iraq, but also the Middle East and the world. The transformation will take time, Braude warns, but the benefits are immense. I am so proud of the idealism, balanced with a practical streak, that 28-year old Braude radiates.
In rebuilding Iraq, Americans will show my brothers and sisters in the Arab world that the U.S. is serious about bringing civil society and the best of our values to the Middle East. Read Braude's The New Iraq for inspiration.
Rating: 5
Summary: A lucid and necessary book.
Comment: I wish to dissent with the reviewer who labeled Mr. Braude's book "superficial". There is nothing superficial about it. It provides a thoughtful plan for reconstructing Iraq, given that war is now a reality. (Note that this is not the same as an endorsement of the war.)
Accordingly, the book devotes due space to Iraq's economic reconstruction. It seems to me that part of rebuilding a nation shattered by years of strife is ensuring that its economy functions. Mr. Braude suggests-correctly, in my view-that the influx of Western capital will aid Iraq's regrowth.
But that is not the point of the book. The vast majority of the text discusses ways to bolster Iraqi civil society-not a series of ways for Westerners to get rich, as Mr. Bremmer suggests. Either we did not read the same book, or he did not read it very carefully.
Furthermore, rather ominously, Mr. Bremmer ties Mr. Braude's opinions to his citizenship. That is, Mr. Bremmer says, "Braude, an Israeli-American citizen, who is ancestrially [sic] Iraqi Jewish, claims not to have any opinion about the decision to go to war with Iraq. However...his right-leaning, even neoconservative political opinions, seem to indicate a very different underlying purpose." This statement is misleading for two reasons.
First, as I noted, discussion of post-war plans does not make any statement about war other than "it is already happening". Avoiding formulating a map for post-war Iraq is not left-wing; it is stupid, a refusal to engage in reality.
Second, Mr. Braude is not Israeli. This is clear if you have read his biography or if-as I have-you have heard him talk about his background on radio or TV. He is an American of Iraqi-Jewish descent, hardly the same thing as an Israeli. If a reviewer wishes to condemn the politics of the book, that is acceptable (although incorrect). To condemn them as the product of an "Israeli" is a manifest lie-one that, to me, carries an edge of racism.
Mr. Braude's book is clear, concise, vigorous, and honest. It provides the first optimistic account of what might be done with a damaged society. In this, it is far more forward-thinking-far more progressive-than any other book currently available. Strongly recommended for those interested in seeing a rebuilt, healthy Iraq.
Rating: 1
Summary: Looting Iraq
Comment: 08/10/2003
NEW YORK (AP) -- The author of a book on rebuilding Iraq was arrested at Kennedy International Airport for allegedly smuggling stolen 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts out of Baghdad, authorities said. Joseph Braude, author of "The New Iraq," was released on a $100,000 bond after a preliminary appearance Saturday in federal court.
Braude, 28, brought the priceless artifacts into the United States on June 11, U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf said. He was arrested Friday night after arriving at the airport on a flight from London, she said. Braude bought the three cylindrical stone seals, made of marble and alabaster, for $200 during a visit to Baghdad in June, authorities said.
"These items are not souvenirs, but stolen goods that belong to the people of Iraq," said Customs agent Martin Ficke.
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Title: A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp ISBN: 052152900X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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