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War of necessity, war of choice : a memoir of two Iraq wars / by Richard N. Haass.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2009.Description: 336 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781416549024 (hardcover)
  • 1416549021
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.7044/3
LOC classification:
  • 414 DS 79.764 H112w 2009
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 414 DS 79.764 H112w 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000107217

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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