Intelligence and national security policymaking on Iraq
Subtitle: British and American perspectives
By: edited by James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian.
Contributors: Pfiffner, James P.; Phythian, Mark.
Edition: 1st North American ed.
Series: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership; Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781603440677; 9781603440936
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Military intelligence -- United States; Iraq War, 2003- -- Military intelligence -- Great Britain; National security -- United States -- Decision making; National security -- Great Britain -- Decision making; Iraq War, 2003- -- Causes; United States -- Military relations -- Iraq; Great Britain -- Military relations -- Iraq; United States -- Military policy; Great Britain -- Military policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: policymaking and intelligence on Iraq / James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian; title: pt. I. Intellectual antecedents of the Iraq War; title: The neoconservative roots of the war in Iraq / John Dumbrell; title: The origins of the British decision to go to war: Tony Blair, humanitarian intervention, and the "new doctrine of the international community" / Jim Whitman; title: pt. II. The public case for war; title: Did President Bush mislead the country in his arguments for war with Iraq? / James P. Pfiffner; title: The British road to war: decisionmaking, intelligence, and the case for the war in Iraq / Mark Phythian; title: Australian use of intelligence and the case for war in Iraq / Rodney Tiffen; title: The Iraq War and the management of American public opinion / John Mueller; title: pt. III. Intelligence failure; title: Intelligence collection and analysis on Iraq: issues for the intelligence community / Richard Kerr, Thomas Wolfe, Rebecca Donegan, and Aris Pappas; title: The politics and psychology of intelligence and intelligence reform / Robert Jervis; title: Congress, the Iraq War, and the failures of intelligence oversight / Loch K. Johnson; title: Flawed intelligence, limited oversight: official inquiries into prewar UK intelligence on Iraq / Mark Phythian; title: pt. IV. Policy failure; title: Decisionmaking, intelligence, and the Iraq War / James P. Pfiffner; title: Intelligence, policy, and the war in Iraq / Paul R. Pillar; title: pt. V. Excerpts from key speeches and documents.; title: appendix A. Excerpts from key US speeches before the war in Iraq; title: Excerpts from President George W. Bush, State of the Union address, January 29, 2002; title: Vice President Cheney's remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention, August 26, 2002; title: President Bush outlines Iraq threat, remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7, 2002; title: President Bush: State of the Union address, 28 January 2003; title: appendix B. Excerpts from key UK speeches and documents before the war in Iraq; title: Tony Blair, 'Doctrine of the international community' speech, Economic Club, Chicago, 24 April 1999 (excerpt); title: Memorandum from foreign policy adviser David Manning to the Prime Minister, 14 March 2002 (excerpt); title: Memorandum from British ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer, 18 March 2002; title: Minutes: Iraq - Prime Minister's meeting 23 July 2002; title: Prime Minister's foreword to the September 2002 Downing Street dossier; title: (excerpt); title: Prime Minister's Iraq statement to Parliament, 24 september 2002 (excerpts); title: appendix C. October 2002 national intelligence estimate: key judgments (excerpts) Iraq's continuing programs for weapons of mass destruction; title: appendix D. Excerpts from post-war US investigations; title: appendix E. Open letter to George Tenet from US intelligence professionals, April 28, 2007.