|
Case
| HBS Case Collection
|
2010
(Revised from original 2010 version)
Paul Bremer at the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
by
Robert Steven Kaplan and Nicholas Henri Taranto
|
Abstract
Since becoming the President's envoy responsible for post-war Iraq, Paul Bremer endured many sleepless nights, struggling with the decision of how to hand over sovereignty to the Iraqi people. Despite daily assassination attempts, tribal warfare, growing violence, and political pressure—at home in Washington, D.C. and abroad—the CPA undertook the difficult task of handing over power to an Iraqi civil society that was simultaneously being rebuilt from the ground up.
Keywords: Government Administration;
International Relations;
National Security;
Leadership;
Crisis Management;
Iraq;
District of Columbia;