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The Iraq Papers (Paperback)
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The Iraq Papers (Paperback)
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No foreign policy decision in recent history has had greater
repercussions than President George W. Bush's decision to invade
and occupy Iraq. It launched a new doctrine of preemptive war,
mired the American military in an intractable armed conflict,
disrupted world petroleum supplies, cost the United States hundreds
of billions of dollars, and damaged or ended the lives of hundreds
of thousands of Americans and Iraqis. Its impact on international
politics and America's standing in the world remains incalculable.
The Iraq Papers offers a compelling documentary narrative and
interpretation of this momentous conflict. With keen editing and
incisive commentary, the book weaves together original documents
that range from presidential addresses to redacted memos, carrying
us from the ideology behind the invasion to negotiations for
withdrawal. These papers trace the rise of the neoconservatives and
reveal the role of strategic thinking about oil supplies. In moving
to the planning for the war itself, the authors not only provide
Congressional resolutions and speeches by President Bush, but
internal security papers, Pentagon planning documents, the report
of the Future of Iraq Project, and eloquent opposition statements
by Senator Robert Byrd, other world governments, the Non-Aligned
Movement, and the World Council of Churches. This collection
addresses every aspect of the conflict, from the military's
evolving counterinsurgency strategy to declarations by Iraqi
resisters and political figures-from Coalition Provisional
Authority orders to Donald Rumsfeld's dismissal of the insurgents
as "dead-enders" and Iraqi discussions of state- and nationbuilding
under the shadow of occupation. The economics of petroleum, the
legal and ethical questions surrounding terrorism and torture,
international agreements, the theory of the "unitary presidency,"
and the Bush administration's use of presidential signing
statements all receive in-depth coverage.
The Iraq War has reshaped the domestic and international landscape.
The Iraq Papers offers the authoritative one-volume source for
understanding the conflict and its many repercussions.
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