War of necessity, war of choice : a memoir of two Iraq wars /

Haass, Richard.

War of necessity, war of choice : a memoir of two Iraq wars / by Richard N. Haass. - New York : Simon & Schuster, c2009. - 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A tale of two wars -- The winding road to war -- Desert shield -- War of necessity -- The Clinton interregnum -- The 9/11 presidency -- Prelude to war -- War of choice -- Takeaways from two wars.

Richard Haass--a member of the National Security Council staff for the first President Bush and the director of policy planning in the State Department for Bush II--contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of the two Iraq wars and makes a crucial distinction between the 1991 and 2003 conflicts, while offering an examination of the means and ends of U.S. foreign policy: how it should be made, what it should seek to accomplish, and how it should be pursued.

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Bush, George W. 1946- --Political and social views.
Bush, George, 1924- --Political and social views.


Iraq War, 2003---Causes.
Iraq War, 2003---Political aspects.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Causes.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Political aspects.
Guerra de Iraq, 2003---Causas.
Guerra de Iraq, 2003---Aspectos políticos.


United States--Politics and government--1989-
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Military policy.

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