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03236cam a2200589 a 4500 001 4710E8202B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 060309s2006 nyub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006040292 020 $a 0385515987 020 $a 9780385515986 035 $a (OCoLC)65521560 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IXA $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d TTU $d OCLCA $d VP@ $d YBM $d SMP $d CQU $d BNO $d HEBIS $d IWN $d SILO 100 1 $a Alfonsi, Christian. 245 1 $a Circle in the sand : $b why we went back to Iraq / $c Christian Alfonsi. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Doubleday, $c c2006. 300 $a 466 p. : $b maps ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a Expansion of the author's Ph.D. thesis (Harvard University, 1999) entitled: Improvised crusades. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [450]-452) and index. 505 0 $a The woolly mammoth -- "Saddam has blinked" -- "We are dealing with a madman who has shown he will kill" -- The fifth objective -- Victory fatigue -- "Why won't he help us?" -- A grinding irritant -- "We cannot let this crazy man thumb his nose at the world" -- "Saddam Hussein is winning the peace" -- The old guard dies, but does not surrender -- Speaking with two voices -- Unfinished business. 520 $a Explains how decisions made during the first Bush White House at the time of Desert Storm and the first Gulf War, including that to leave Saddam Hussein in power, led to the current administration's decision to invade Iraq as part of the War on Terror. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $z Iraq. 651 0 $a Iraq $x Foreign relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1989- 651 0 $a United States $x Military policy. 650 0 $a Iraq War, 2003- $x Causes. 650 0 $a Persian Gulf War, 1991 $x Influence. 600 10 $a Hussein, Saddam, $d 1937-2006. 600 10 $a Bush, George W. $q (George Walker), $d 1946- $x Political and social views. 600 10 $a Bush, George, $d 1924- $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Intervention (International law) 776 08 $i Online version: $a Alfonsi, Christian. $t Circle in the sand. $b 1st ed. $d New York : Doubleday, c2006 $w (OCoLC)607831864 776 08 $i Online version: $a Alfonsi, Christian. $t Circle in the sand. $b 1st ed. $d New York : Doubleday, c2006 $w (OCoLC)608475993 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006040292-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006040292-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006040292-s.html 941 $a 11 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724063144.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020023210.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20220518012035.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722015204.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107042736.0 952 $l IBAX173 $d 20180307022813.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823075420.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20120731014447.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4710E8202B0D11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IWNInitiate Another SILO Locator Search