Wanting war
Subtitle: why the Bush administration invaded Iraq
By: Jeffrey Record.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781597974370
Subjects: Bush, George W. -- 1946- -- Political and social views; Iraq War, 2003- -- Causes; Cold War -- Influence; Military planning -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Military policy -- 21st century; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a mysterious war; title: The neoconservative imprint; title: Bogus assumptions, wishful thinking; title: The reasons why; title: Consequences : an Iraq syndrome?