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.

12/13/2007 - 12:00pm
12/13/2007 - 1:30pm
New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW 7th Floor
Washington, 20009
United States
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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
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