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Circle in the sand : why we went back to Iraq Cover Image Book

Circle in the sand : why we went back to Iraq / Christian Alfonsi.

Alfonsi, Christian. (Author).

Summary:

Explains how decisions made during the first Bush White House at the time of Desert Storm and the first Gulf War, including that to leave Saddam Hussein in power, led to the current administration's decision to invade Iraq as part of the War on Terror.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385515987
  • ISBN: 9780385515986
  • Physical Description: 466 pages : maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Expansion of the author's Ph.D. thesis (Harvard University, 1999) entitled: Improvised crusades.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-452) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Woolly Mammoth 11 -- 2 "Saddam Has Blinked" 25 -- 3 "We Are Dealing with a Madman Who Has Shown He Will Kill" 50 -- 4 Fifth Objective 96 -- 5 Victory Fatigue 143 -- 6 "Why Won't He Help Us?" 191 -- 7 A Grinding Irritant 235 -- 8 "We Cannot Let This Crazy Man Thumb His Nose at the World" 263 -- 9 "Saddam Hussein Is Winning the Peace" 305 -- 10 Old Guard Dies, but Does Not Surrender 338 -- 11 Speaking with Two Voices 362 -- 12 Unfinished Business 377.

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Subject:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- > Political and social views.
Bush, George, 1924-2018 > Political and social views.
Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
Intervention (International law)
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Causes.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Influence.
Iraq > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
United States > Foreign relations > Iraq.
United States > Military policy.

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