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Confronting Saddam Hussein - George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Hardcover)
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Confronting Saddam Hussein - George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Hardcover)
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A vivid portrayal of what drove George W. Bush to invade Iraq in
2003—an outcome that was in no way predetermined. America's
decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most
important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era.
Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to
understanding current international politics and US foreign
relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein, the eminent historian of
US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war
and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique
set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and
declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly
portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the
president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear,
hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's
Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait
of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with
promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's
brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how
the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted
the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager
for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli.
Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive
diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance,
a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other
leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN
inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties
surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating
attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency,
rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality
becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic
dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of
Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in
Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative
reinterpretation of the most important international event of the
21st century.
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