Decision To Go To War In Iraq

Author : Robert Draper
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525561057

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To Start a War by Robert Draper Pdf

One of BookPage's Best Books of 2020 “The detailed, nuanced, gripping account of that strange and complex journey offered in Robert Draper’s To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq is essential reading—now, especially now . . . Draper’s account [is] one for the ages . . . A must-read for all who care about presidential power.” —The Washington Post From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain comes the definitive, revelatory reckoning with arguably the most consequential decision in the history of American foreign policy--the decision to invade Iraq. Even now, after more than fifteen years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding. Most of the major players in that decision are still with us, and few of them are not haunted by it, in one way or another. Perhaps it's that combination, the passage of the years and the still unresolved trauma, that explains why so many protagonists opened up so fully for the first time to Robert Draper. Draper's prodigious reporting has yielded scores of consequential new revelations, from the important to the merely absurd. As a whole, the book paints a vivid and indelible picture of a decision-making process that was fatally compromised by a combination of post-9/11 fear and paranoia, rank naïveté, craven groupthink, and a set of actors with idées fixes who gamed the process relentlessly. Everything was believed; nothing was true. The intelligence failure was comprehensive. Draper's fair-mindedness and deep understanding of the principal actors suffuse his account, as does a storytelling genius that is close to sorcery. There are no cheap shots here, which makes the ultimate conclusion all the more damning. In the spirit of Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August and Marc Bloch's Strange Defeat, To Start A War will stand as the definitive account of a collective process that arrived at evidence that would prove to be not just dubious but entirely false, driven by imagination rather than a quest for truth--evidence that was then used to justify a verdict that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and a flood tide of chaos in the Middle East that shows no signs of ebbing.

Author : Christopher, Christopher Bair, Editor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1450553028

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Invading Iraq by Christopher, Christopher Bair, Editor Pdf

Invading Iraq is a compilation of essays taken from the public domain that are concerned with the events leading up to the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces. Particular attention is paid to the diplomatic and ideological efforts made by world leaders after 9/11 to secure regime change in the Middle East. In order to contribute a balanced account of these events, an appendix includes several speeches given by President George W. Bush as well as Congressional legislation which illustrate the United States' case against Saddam Hussein and give important background to this key episode in the War on Terror.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000130655222

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The Decision to Go to War in Iraq by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

Decision to Go to War in Iraq

Author : Bob Woodward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781471104671

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Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward Pdf

Award-winning journalist Bob Woodward has spent over thirty years in Washington's corridors of power. In All the President's Men it was he, together with Carl Bernstein, who exposed the Watergate scandal and he has been giving us a privileged front-row seat to White-House intrigue and decision-making ever since. With PLAN OF ATTACK he brings his investigative skills to bear on the administration of George W. Bush, and the build-up to war in Iraq. What emerges is a fascinating and intimate portrait of the leading powers in Bush's war council and their allies overseas as they prepare their pre-emptive attack and change the course of history.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee,Andrew Gilligan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 5 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 021501233X

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Evidence from Mr Andrew Gilligan to the Committee's Inquiry Into the Decision to Go to War in Iraq by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee,Andrew Gilligan Pdf

This special report relates to the evidence given by the journalist, Andrew Gilligan, to the Foreign Affairs Committee (for the Committee's ninth report, (HCP 813-I, session 2002-03; ISBN 0215011627) into the reasons for the UK's decision to go to war against Iraq) in which he made allegations of government interference in the findings of the September 2002 intelligence dossier based on information which he claimed to have received from a senior intelligence source. However, he had refused to disclose further details about his source on the grounds of journalistic freedom. The Committee criticises Mr Gilligan's refusal to reveal the source of his allegation against a third party (who has no course to legal remedy) whilst enjoying the full protection of Parliamentary privilege himself. The report notes that this is the first case in modern times where a journalist has refused to reveal a source formed as the basis of an allegation made in evidence before a Committee.

Author : M. M. Chantiloupe
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781453541241

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Iraq: the War That Shouldn’T Be by M. M. Chantiloupe Pdf

"My entrepreneurial father was involved in politics and government. And, these attributes became a part of my life. I always want to know what is happening in the government as well as the private sector, not only in the U.S. but other countries as well. My interest piques more so during an election year and a new administration. After watching the buildings collapsed downtown Manhattan on September 11, 2001, and the ensuing catastrophe, I started to do some research on Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. I discovered that bin Laden and Saddam Hussein disliked each other so it was unlikely that they would work together. In 1998 the Clinton administration launched Desert Fox and took out Iraqs chemical facilities and containment was effective because of the no-fly zone. And in August 1982, Israel used U.S. Tama Hawk missiles to take out Iraqs nuclear facilities and it was never restarted. Being a concerned citizen, it was incumbent upon me to make the information available to the general public. I received a letter from a congressional member saying the information compiled in my book should be brought to the attention of the general public and the nations lawmakers and invited me to take part in a panel discussion in Congress on January 29, 2007."

Author : Jeffrey Record
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975902

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Wanting War by Jeffrey Record Pdf

A complete explanation of the U.S. decision to go to war in 2003.

Author : Joseph J. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Deception
ISBN : OCLC:1098357953

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Choosing War by Joseph J. Collins Pdf

"The goal of this case study is to outline how the United States chose to go to war in Iraq, how its decision making process functioned, and what can be done to improve that process.

Author : Daniel P. Bolger
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780544370487

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Why We Lost by Daniel P. Bolger Pdf

A high-ranking general's gripping insider account of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how it all went wrong. Over a thirty-five-year career, Daniel Bolger rose through the army infantry to become a three-star general, commanding in both theaters of the U.S. campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He participated in meetings with top-level military and civilian players, where strategy was made and managed. At the same time, he regularly carried a rifle alongside rank-and-file soldiers in combat actions, unusual for a general. Now, as a witness to all levels of military command, Bolger offers a unique assessment of these wars, from 9/11 to the final withdrawal from the region. Writing with hard-won experience and unflinching honesty, Bolger makes the firm case that in Iraq and in Afghanistan, we lost -- but we didn't have to. Intelligence was garbled. Key decision makers were blinded by spreadsheets or theories. And, at the root of our failure, we never really understood our enemy. Why We Lost is a timely, forceful, and compulsively readable account of these wars from a fresh and authoritative perspective.

Author : Sir John Chilcot (chairman),Sir Lawrence Freedman,Sir Martin Gilbert,Sir Roderic Lyne,Baroness Prashar
Publisher : Canbury Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780995497801

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Chilcot Report by Sir John Chilcot (chairman),Sir Lawrence Freedman,Sir Martin Gilbert,Sir Roderic Lyne,Baroness Prashar Pdf

All the key findings of the public inquiry into the handling of the 2003 Iraq war by the British government led by Tony Blair. Chaired by Sir John Chilcot, the Iraq Inquiry (known as the 'Chilcot Report') tackled: Saddam Hussein's threat to Britainthe legal advice for the invasionintelligence about weapons of mass destruction andplanning for a post-conflict Iraq. This 60,000-word executive summary was published in July 2016. Philippe Sands QC wrote in the London Review of Books: 'It offers a long and painful account of an episode that may come to be seen as marking the moment when the UK fell off its global perch, trust in government collapsed and the country turned inward and began to disintegrate.' Published under an Open Government Licence, this book aims to make better known the findings of the Iraq Inquiry, which took seven years to complete at a cost of £10 million. The text, headings, footnotes and any emphasis are exactly those of the original document. Contents Introduction Pre-conflict strategy and planning The UK decision to support US military action Why Iraq? Why now? The UK's relationship with the US Decision-making Advice on the legal basis for military action Weapons of mass destruction Planning for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq The post-conflict period Occupation Transition Planning for withdrawal Did the UK achieve its objectives in Iraq? Key findings Lessons Timeline of events REVIEWS The Iraq Inquiry, chaired by Sir John Chilcot and composed of five privy councillors, finally published its report on the morning of 6 July, seven years and 21 days after it was established by Gordon Brown with a remit to look at the run-up to the conflict, the conflict itself and the reconstruction, so that we can learn lessons. It offers a long and painful account of an episode that may come to be seen as marking the moment when the UK fell off its global perch, trust in government collapsed and the country turned inward and began to disintegrate. — Philippe Sands, London Review of Books A more productive way to think of the Chilcot report is as a tool to help us set agendas for renewed best efforts in creating more effective and accountable statecraft. Chilcot has confirmed that... we still do not have intelligent long-range planning by the armed forces in close and active cooperation with other government agencies, nor an adequate and integrated system for the collection and evaluation of intelligence information, nor do we have the highest possible quality and stature of personnel to lead us through these challenging times. — Derek B. Miller, The Guardian Although sceptics wondered how much more the very-long-awaited Report of the Iraq Inquiry by a committee chaired by Sir John Chilcot could tell us when it appeared at last in July, it proves to contain a wealth of evidence and acute criticism, the more weighty for its sober tone and for having the imprimatur of the official government publisher. In all, it is a further and devastating indictment not only of Tony Blair personally but of a whole apparatus of state and government, Cabinet, Parliament, armed forces, and, far from least, intelligence agencies. Among its conclusions the report says that there was no imminent threat from Saddam Hussein; that the British chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted; that military action was not a last resort... — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books Ideal for any student of politics, diplomacy, or conflict.

Author : Joseph M. Siracusa,Laurens J. Visser
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030301637

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Going to War with Iraq by Joseph M. Siracusa,Laurens J. Visser Pdf

Going to War with Iraq: A Comparative History of the Bush Presidencies is the account of two United States presidents and their decision to intervene militarily in Iraq, examining the comparative domestic and international contexts in which the decisions to go to war were made by George H. W. Bush and his son George W. Bush. This book centers specifically on the issue of Saddam Hussein at home and abroad, in the lead up to hostilities with Iraq in 1991 and 2003, respectively. For George H.W. Bush, in 1991, the threat posed by Saddam came from his perceived capabilities as Iraq's leader, whereas for George W. Bush, in 2003, it was the threat posed by Saddam's perceived intentions as Iraq's leader. In both cases, the result was war with Iraq.

Author : Jane K. Cramer,A. Trevor Thrall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136641503

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Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? by Jane K. Cramer,A. Trevor Thrall Pdf

This edited volume presents the foremost scholarly thinking on why the US invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in both modern US foreign policy and international politics. In the years since the US invasion of Iraq it has become clear that the threat of weapons of mass destruction was not as urgent as the Bush administration presented it and that Saddam Hussein was not involved with either Al Qaeda or 9/11. Many consider the war a mistake and question why Iraq was invaded. A majority of Americans now believe that the public were deliberately misled by the Bush administration in order to bolster support for the war. Public doubt has been strengthened by the growing number of critical scholarly analyses and in-depth journalistic investigations about the invasion that suggest the administration was not candid about its reasons for wanting to take action against Iraq. This volume begins with a survey of private scholarly views about the war’s origins, then assesses the current state of debate by organising the best recent thinking by foreign policy and international relations experts on why the US invaded Iraq. The book covers a broad range of approaches to explaining Iraq – the role of the uncertainty of intelligence, cognitive biases, ideas, Israel, and oil, highlighting areas of both agreement and disagreement. This book will be of much interest to students of the Iraq War, US foreign and security policy, strategic studies, Middle Eastern politics and IR/Security Studies in general.

Author : F. Gregory Gause, III
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107469167

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The International Relations of the Persian Gulf by F. Gregory Gause, III Pdf

Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the smaller states of the lower Gulf. It traces developments in the region from the oil 'revolution' of 1973–4 through the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war of 1990–1 to the toppling of Saddam Hussein in the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, bringing the story of Gulf regional politics up to 2008. The book highlights transnational identity issues, regime security and the politics of the world oil market, and charts the changing mix of interests and ambitions driving American policy. The author brings his experience as a scholar and commentator on the Gulf to this riveting account of one of the most politically volatile regions on earth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Arms control
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111026212

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Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000130655230

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Decision to Go to War in Iraq by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

The Committees report examines whether the Government presented accurate and complete information to Parliament in the period leading up to the war in Iraq, particularly regarding Iraqs possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The Committee finds that Ministers did not mislead Parliament, and that on the basis of the evidence available to the Committee, Alastair Campbell did not exert improper influence on the inclusion of the 45 minutes claim (the time it would take Iraq to deploy WMD) within the September intelligence dossier, as has been alleged. Detailed conclusions reached include: i) the 45 minutes claim did not warrant the prominence given to it, (because it was based on a single, uncorroborated source); ii) the Government should explain why the claim was given such prominence and whether it still considers this to be accurate, in the light of subsequent events; iii) it was wrong for Alastair Campbell or any unelected Special Adviser to have chaired a meeting on an intelligence matter, and it is recommended that this practice cease; iv) the February dodgy dossier was counter-productive and undermined the credibility of the Governments case, and it was fundamentally wrong to allow such a document to be presented to Parliament and made widely available without ministerial oversight; v) the Government should be prepared, on principle, to accede to intelligence requests from the Foreign Affairs Committee, where its importance to an inquiry can be demonstrated, unless there are genuine concerns for national security. In cases where this is refused, the Government should give its full reasons for doing so. Ultimately, the continuing concerns about the WMD claims are unlikely to be dispelled unless more evidence of Iraqs WMD programmes comes to light.