%0 Journal Article %T Espejismo en el desierto: las fallas en la primera fase de la intervenci¨Žn estadounidense en Irak %A S¨˘nchez Cabarcas %A Fabio %J Civilizar Ciencias Sociales y Humanas %D 2011 %I Universidad Sergio Arboleda %X the u.s. intervention in iraq since 2003 is one of their last challenges in its foreign policy. under a strong unilateralism and without un approval g.w. bush administration decided to invade a key player in the balance of power in the middle east. in its fight against international terrorism, the outcomes are adverse: growth of the insurgency and fundamentalism, administrative failures in the reconstruction (orha and cpa), and military actions against civilians in an irregular conflict. these are factors that account of a failed american policy. %K u.s. %K g.w. bush %K orha %K cpa %K insurgency. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1657-89532011000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en