Formal Paper Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone is a publication by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. The 2006 release illustrates the civilian leadership during the reconstruction of Iraq after the end of the American invasion. In the book, Chandrasekaran explains the development, management, and the challenges that the leadership of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) experiences. The CPA program intended to facilitate civilian administration in Iraq and to address the increasing threats of insurgency in the country. The book offers a bureaucratic explanation about the first year after the American forces overthrew the administration of Saddam Hussein. During this period, the American army was the legal occupying authority that was responsible for the administration of Iraq. There was the need to establish the CPA within the Baghdad palace to facilitate the administration activities.
The purpose of the CPA was to serve as a transitional government after the occupation by the United States forces. The United States was the leader of the Multinational Force during the invasion on March 19, 2003. The development of the CPA was due to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 of 2003. The purpose of the CPA was to facilitate judicial, executive, and legislative roles and authority between April 21, 2003, and June 28, 2004 (Chandrasekaran 290). The program is essential in the history of the United States as it was a creation of the United States Department of Defense. The administrator of the CPA transitional government was a direct appointee of the Secretary of Defense. The structure of the CPA was in four broad categories. These are CPA North, CPA Central, CPA South Central, and CPA South (Chandrasekaran 292). The operations in each region were semi-autonomous, but there were a clear and shared mission and vision for the reconstruction of Iraq. CPA had the significant role of managing the economy of Iraq. The United Nations Resolution 1483 gave CPA the authority to regulate the financial resources of Iraq; for example, the oil revenues (Chandrasekaran 212). CPA also had the role of privatization of the economy. As a result, foreign firms, most of the American multinational corporations, got the opportunity to invest in the country (Chandrasekaran 9). Even though the CPA had clear responsibilities, challenges arose in the leadership and management of the resources of the nation.
The administration challenges are a significant factor for the failure of the CPA transitional government. Paul Bremer was...