Title Overreach : delusions of regime change in Iraq / Michael MacDonald.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2014]

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Description	1 online resource (325 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Why elect a self-defeating war? -- Bring 'em on: making the world safe for democracy -- What went wrong: the de-capitationist consensus of Washington elites -- What were neo-conservatives thinking? -- Democratic hawks -- American exceptionalism meets Iraqi history -- The semi-sovereign Shi'i state.
Summary	[Description]In the run-up to the Iraq invasion, a number of Americans thought the idea was crazy. Now everyone, except a few die-hards, thinks it was. So what was going through the minds of the talented and experienced men and women who planned and initiated the war? What were their assumptions? Overreach> aims to recover those presuppositions.
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Subject	Iraq War (2003-2011)
	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Causes.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Decision making.
	Decision making.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Political aspects.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
	United States.
	Politics and government.
Chronological Term	1989-
Subject	United States -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.
	International relations.
Chronological Term	21st century
	Since 1989
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Title	Delusions of regime change in Iraq
Other Form:	Print version: MacDonald, Michael, 1952- Overreach 9780674729100 (DLC) 2014007979 (OCoLC)875999896
ISBN	9780674735927 (electronic book)
	0674735927 (electronic book)
	9780674729100
	0674729102

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