War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars by Richard N. Haass
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Overview: When should the United States go to war?
It is arguably the most important foreign policy question facing any president, and 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 – is in a unique position to address it. Haass is one of just a handful of individuals – along with Colin Powell, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Bob Gates – involved at a senior level of U.S. government decision making during both Iraq conflicts. He is the first to take us behind closed doors and the first to provide a personal account. The result is a book that is authoritative, revealing, and surprising. Haass explains not only what happened but why.
At first blush, the two Iraq wars appear similar. Both involved a President George Bush and the United States in conflicts with Saddam Hussein and Iraq. There, however, the resemblance ends. Haass contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of the two wars and makes a crucial distinction between the 1991 and 2003 conflicts. The first Iraq war, following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of neighboring Kuwait, was a war of necessity. It was limited in ambition, well executed, and carried out with unprecedented international support.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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