Former Ambassador to Croatia Peter W. Galbraith sits down with NPR's Mike Shuster to discuss his new book, Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies.
This is part of the ALOUD series of the Central Library in Los Angeles.
Bio
Ambassador Peter Galbraith
Amb. Peter W. Galbraith, one of America's leading authorities on Iraq, has been in Iraq many times over the last twenty-one years during historic turning points for the country: the Iraq-Iran War, the Kurdish genocide, the 1991 uprising, the immediate aftermath of the 2003 war, and the writing of Iraq's constitutions. In his new book, The End of Iraq, he offers many firsthand observations of the men who are now Iraq's leaders. He draws on his nearly two decades of involvement in Iraq policy working for the U.S. government to appraise what has occurred and what will happen. The End of Iraq describes America's failed strategy toward that country and what must be done now.
Michael Shuster
Mike Shuster is a diplomatic correspondent and a roving foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States.
I watched P.Galbraith's discussion and Q&A and was totally mesmerized and absorbed by his expertise,courage,honesty and integrity. He is a man among men,a reminder of what America is capable of,in a dark age of american history. He instructed us all that this dark age is about to end,all the forces of ignorance,prejudice and fear will no longer rule the White House and Federal govt. We know they will still be around, doing their best to undermine the Obama administration, but men like Peter Galbraith are also out there and they will do all they can to help America get back to its best self.