The Uses and Abuses of Expertise in War and Reconstruction in Iraq

Juan Cole and McGuire Gibson will speak on the U.S. government and its faltering efforts to mobilize sufficient expertise while planning the incursion into Iraq and its reconstruction. Cole and McGuire have a deep knowledge of Iraq and the surrounding region and have advised the U.S. or the U.N. in various capacities.

Lunch will be provided.

Attachments

MP3 Audio Recording of this Event

Location

New America Foundation

1630 Connecticut Ave, NW 7th Floor

Washington, DC, 20009

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Participants

Juan Cole
Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor of History, University of Michigan
Publisher, Informed Comment

McGuire Gibson
Professor in the Oriental Institute and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago;
Former consultant on Iraqi antiquities, UNESCO