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Author:

Alfonsi, Christian.

Title:

Circle in the sand : why we went back to Iraq / Christian Alfonsi.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Doubleday,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

466 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.
Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
United States--Military policy.
Iraq War, 2003---Causes.
Persian Gulf War, 1991--Influence.
Hussein, Saddam,--1937-2006.
Bush, George W.--(George Walker),--1946---Political and social views.
Bush, George,--1924---Political and social views.
Intervention (International law)

Notes:

Expansion of the author's Ph.D. thesis (Harvard University, 1999) entitled: Improvised crusades. Includes bibliographical references (p. [450]-452) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0385515987
9780385515986

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65521560

LCCN:

2006040292

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)