Wanting War Record Hardback John Wiley & Sons 9781597974370

Wanting WarWhy the Bush Administration Invaded Iraq\nAuthor(s): Jeffrey Record\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Potomac Books Inc, United States\nImprint: Potomac Books Inc\nISBN-13: 9781597974370, 978-1597974370\nSynopsis\nWanting War is the first comprehensive analysis of the often contradictory reasons why President George W. Bush went to war in Iraq and of the war's impact on future [url] armed intervention abroad. Though the White House sold the war as a necessity to eliminate an alleged Iraqi threat, other agendas were at play. Drawing on new assessments of George W. Bush's presidency, recent memoirs by key administration decision makers, and Jeffrey Record's own expertise on [url] military interventions since World War II, Wanting War contends that Bush's invasion of Iraq was more about the arrogance of postCold War American power than it was about Saddam Hussein. Ultimately, Iraq was selected not because it posed a convincing security threat but because Baghdad was militarily he.