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Tele-Interview: Colonel Kim Olson (ret.) U.S. Air Force
February 2, 2007

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Kim Olson talks about her experience as an unintended trailblazer in the U.S. Air Force, becoming one of it's first woman pilots. She gives her views on how women have changed the military and how the original U.S. plan in Iraq could have produced a very different outcome.

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Iraq and Back
By: Kim Olson
ISBN: 1591145279
Year: 2006

Jean's Review:
In April 2003, soon after declaring an end to “major combat operations in Iraq,” President Bush deployed retired U.S. Army Lt. General Jay Garner to Baghdad to rebuild the country. Colonel Kim Olson was part of the U.S. Air Force’s first generation of female pilots, and joined Garner’s senior leadership circle as his executive officer. The charge was threefold: reconstruct Iraq’s infrastructure, deliver humanitarian assistance, and build the foundation for a democratic government. But not long after their arrival in the rubble and ruin of Iraq, the political, military and economic wheels ground to a halt and “mission accomplished” became “mission improbable.” Here, Olson tells how and why. Readers are privy to the candid discussions when Washington’s inside-the-beltway plans disintegrate in the devastated streets of Iraq. And they sit at the table with Iraqi leaders who warn of an insurgency if the proclamations crafted by ill-informed policy makers are implemented. This gripping, firsthand account of what went wrong is seen from Olson’s unique point of view as a senior officer, pilot, wife, and mother. From the decisions of political leaders and military commanders to everyday encounters with Iraqi families and informal conversations with soldiers, you won’t find more honest, insider information anywhere.

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