Choosing war
Subtitle: the decision to invade Iraq and its aftermath
By: by Joseph J. Collins.
Contributors: National Defense University Press.; National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies.
Series: Occasional paper / Institute for National Strategic Studies -- 5; Occasional paper (National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies) -- 5.
Publisher: National Defense University Press; Institute for National Strategic Studies
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Causes; Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq; Weapons of mass destruction -- Iraq; Intelligence service -- United States; Deception -- Political aspects -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: 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.
Notes: "April 2008."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42).

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