Title Wanting war : why the Bush administration invaded Iraq / Jeffrey Record.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2010]
	©2010

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Edition	1st ed.
Description	1 online resource (217 pages)
	data file rda
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-208) and index.
Contents	Introduction : a mysterious war -- The neoconservative imprint -- Bogus assumptions, wishful thinking -- The reasons why -- Consequences : an Iraq syndrome?
Note	Print version record.
Summary	"Wanting war is the first comprehensive analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W. Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future U.S. armed intervention abroad. Though the White House sold the war as a necessity to eliminate an alleged Iraqi threat, other agendas were at play. Drawing on new assessments of George W. Bush's presidency, recent memoirs by key administration decision makers, and Jeffrey Record's own expertise on U.S. military interventions since World War II, Wanting war contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of post-Cold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Ultimately, Iraq was selected not because it posed a convincing security threat but because Baghdad was militarily helpless. Operation Iraqi Freedom was a demonstration of American power, especially the will to use it"--Jacket.
Subject	Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- -- Political and social views.
	Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- (OCoLC)fst00363849
	Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
	Iraq War (2003-2011) (OCoLC)fst01802311
	USA Government.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Causes.
	Cold War -- Influence.
	Military planning -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
	United States -- Military policy.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Iraq War (2003- )
	Military planning. (OCoLC)fst01021370
	Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
	Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	War -- Causes. (OCoLC)fst01170331
	War -- Influence. (OCoLC)fst01170343
	Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Irakkrieg.
	Militärpolitik.
	Irak.
	United States.
Chronological Term	Geschichte 2001-2009
	2000-2099
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Record, Jeffrey. Wanting war. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2010 9781597974370 (DLC) 2009040571 (OCoLC)454374929
ISBN	9781597975902 (electronic bk.)
	1597975907 (electronic bk.)

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