Introduction
PART ONE: POLICY OF PREEMPTION
1. From Containment to Preemptive War: Iraq and the United States
in a Unipolar Moment
1.1 Francis Fukuyama, "The End of History?" National Interest,
Summer 1989 (excerpt)
1.2 Henry Kissinger, "A False Dream," Los Angeles Times, February
24, 1991(excerpt)
1.3 Paul Wolfowitz, Lewis Libby, and Zalmay Khalilzad, "Defense
Planning Guidance," February 18, 1992 (excerpt)
1.4 Patrick E. Tyler, "U.S. Strategy Plan Calls for Insuring No
Rivals Develop," New York Times, March 8, 1992
1.5 "Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense for President George H. W.
Bush, Defends the Administration's Decision to Keep Saddam Hussein
in Power," Frontline interview aired on January 28, 1997
(excerpt)
1.6 Robert Kagan, "American Power--A Guide for the Perplexed,"
Commentary, April 1996 (excerpt)
1.7 Zbigniew Brzezinski, Brent Scowcroft, and Richard Murphy,
"Differentiated Containment," Foreign Affairs, May-June 1997
(excerpt)
1.8 Project for the New American Century, "Statement of
Principles," June 3, 1997
1.9 Paul Wolfowitz, "Rebuilding the Anti-Saddam Coalition," Wall
Street Journal, November 18, 1997
1.10 Project for the New American Century, Letter to President
Clinton, January 26, 1998
1.11 William Kristol and Robert Kagan, "Bombing Iraq Isn't Enough,"
New York Times, January 30, 1998
1.12 George [H. W.] Bush and Brent Scowcroft, "Why We Didn't Remove
Saddam," Time, March 2, 1998
1.13 Bill Clinton, "Iraq Liberation Act," Signed on October 31,
1998 (excerpt)
1.14 Bill Clinton, Explanation of Iraq Strike, December 16,
1998
1.15 Madeleine Albright, Explanation of Containment, Meet the
Press, January 2, 2000
1.16 Condoleezza Rice, "Campaign 2000: Promoting the National
Interest," Foreign Affairs, January-February 2000 (excerpt)
2. Organizing for Preemptive War: Iraq and the Presidency of George
W. Bush
2.1 George W. Bush, Address to the Nation, September 11, 2001
(excerpt)
2.2 George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 29, 2002
(excerpt)
2.3 Charles Krauthammer, "The Axis of Petulance,"
2.4 Condoleezza Rice, Remarks on Terrorism and Foreign Policy,
Johns Hopkins University, April 29, 2002 (excerpt)
2.5 George W. Bush, Graduation Speech at West Point, June 1, 2002
(excerpt)
2.6 The Downing Street Memo, July 23, 2002 (excerpt)
2.7 Brent Scowcroft, "Don't Attack Saddam,"
2.8 James A. Baker, "The Right Way to Change a Regime,"
2.9 Dick Cheney, Speech at Veterans of Foreign Wars 103rd National
Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, August 26, 2002 (excerpt)
2.10 Condoleezza Rice and George W. Bush, "The National Security
Strategy of the United States of America," September 2002
(excerpt)
2.11 George W. Bush, Speech Outlining Iraqi Threat, Cincinnati,
Ohio, October 7, 2002
2.12 Joint Congressional Resolution to Authorize the Use of United
States Armed Forces against Iraq, October 16, 2002 (excerpt)
2.13 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441, November 8,
2002 (excerpt)
2.14 Colin Powell, Address to the United Nations Security Council,
February 6, 2003 (excerpt)
2.15 Robert C. Byrd, "We Stand Passively Mute," Remarks to the
Senate, February 12, 2003
2.16 Hans Blix, Briefing to the UN Security Council, March 7,
2003
2.17 George W. Bush, Ultimatum to Iraq, March 17, 2003
2.18 George W. Bush, Announcement of the start of "Operation Iraqi
Freedom," March 19, 2003
3. International Reaction to the War
3.1 European Parliament, Resolution on the Situation in Iraq,
January 30, 2003
3.2 The Letter of Eight, "Europe and America Must Stand United,"
January 30, 2003
3.3 The Vilnius Statement, February 6, 2003
3.4 Security Council Press Release SC/7666, "Security Council Hears
Over 60 Speakers in Two-day Debate on Iraq's Disarmament: Many Say
Use of Force Should Be Last Resort, Others Urge Swift Action,"
February 19, 2003 (excerpt)
3.5 World Council of Churches, "Statement against Military Action
in Iraq," February 21, 2003 (excerpt)
3.6 Statement of the Non-aligned Movement on the Situation in Iraq,
February 25, 2003
3.7 Leaked Memo from National Security Agency Official Asking for
Cooperation in Surveillance of UN Delegates, March 2, 2003
(excerpt)
3.8 Declaration of Russia, Germany, and France on War with Iraq,
March 5, 2003
3.9 Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
and United States of America: Draft Resolution to Security Council,
March 7, 2003
3.10 UN News Centre, "New York-Press Encounter with the
Secretary-General at the Security Council Stakeout," March 17, 2003
(excerpt)
3.11 Tony Blair, Statement before Parliament, March 18, 2003
(excerpt)
3.12 Dominique de Villepin, Address before the United Nations
Security Council, March 19, 2003 (excerpt)
3.13 Joschka Fischer, Statement on the Situation between Iraq and
Kuwait, Public Meeting of the Security Council, March 19, 2003
(excerpt)
3.14 Foreign Ministry of China, Statement on War with Iraq, March
20, 2003
3.15 Call by International NGOs for Invoking Uniting for Peace
Resolution/2003-03-15/P/RE/18121c-is, Vienna, March 27, 2003
3.16 Vladimir Putin, Press Statement on Iraq, April 3, 2003
(excerpt)
3.17 Australian Broadcasting Company, "The World Today-Kofi Annan
Declares US Invasion of Iraq Illegal," September 16, 2004
(excerpt)
4. Liberators or Occupiers? The Coalition Provisional Authority
4.1 Article 43 of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
4.2 Article 55 of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
4.3 Douglas J. Feith, Statement to the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, February 11, 2003 (excerpt)
4.4 George W. Bush, Announcement That Major Combat Operations in
Iraq Have Ended, May 1, 2003 (excerpt)
4.5 Security Council Resolution 1483, May 22, 2003 (excerpt)
4.6 Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 1, May 16,
2003
4.7 Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2, May 23,
2003
4.8 "Rumsfeld Blames Iraq Problems on 'Pockets of
Dead-enders,'"
4.9 Coalition Provisional Authority Regulation Number 6, July 13,
2003
4.10 L. Paul Bremer, "Iraq's Path to Sovereignty,"
4.11 Agreement on Political Process, November 15, 2003
4.12 Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 12, June 8,
2003
4.13 Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 39, December 20,
2003 (excerpt)
4.14 Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 46, December 20,
2003
4.15 Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the
Transitional Period, March 8, 2004 (excerpt)
4.16 Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 17, June 27, 2004
(excerpt)
4.17 Scott McClellan, Reading of Texts of Letters on Iraq
Sovereignty, June 28, 2004 (excerpt)
5. Insurgency, Counterinsurgency, or Civil War?
U.S. Policies and Tactics in the Counterinsurgency
5.1 Joint Doctrine for Campaign Planning, January 2002
(excerpt)
5.2 U.S. Special Forces Counterinsurgency Manual FM 31-20-3,
Foreign Internal Defense Tactics Techniques and Procedures for
Special Forces (1994, 2004) (excerpt)
5.3. U.S. Department of Defense, FM3-24, Counterinsurgency Final
Draft, June 16, 2006 (excerpt)
5.4 Multi-national Force-Iraq Commander's Counterinsurgency
Guidance, June 21, 2008 (excerpt)
5.5 Memorandum for Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 2005
(excerpt)
5.6 Stephen J. Hadley, Iraq Memo, November 8, 2006 (excerpt)
5.7 Department of Defense, "Measuring Stability and Security in
Iraq, June 2008," Report to Congress in Accordance with the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act (Section 9010, Public Law
109-289) (excerpt)
Iraqi Documents
5.8 Islamists Pledge Continued War on Coalition, May 2004
5.9. Letter from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to Osama bin Laden, July 2005
(excerpt)
5.10 Interview with Shaykh Ahmad al-Kubaysi, Leader of the
Association of Muslim Scholars, 2004 (excerpt)
5.11 Iraq First: The Iraqi National Security Strategy 2007-2010,
July 2007 (excerpt)
PART II: CONSEQUENCES OF A PREEMPTIVE WAR
6. Democracy from Above or Below?
U.S. Plans for Regime Change
6.1 Future of Iraq Project: Democratic Principles and Procedures
Working Group, Final Report on the Transition to Democracy in Iraq,
November 2002 (excerpt)
6.2 Treasury Department and the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), Moving the Iraqi Economy from Recovery to
Sustainable Growth, May 2003 (excerpt)
6.3 Condoleezza Rice, Opening Remarks before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, October 19, 2005 (excerpt)
6.4 Donald H. Rumsfeld and Peter Pace, Joint Statement, April 18,
2008 (excerpt)
Iraqi Reactions to Regime Change: Visions for Democracy
6.5 Constitution of Iraq, October 2005 (excerpt)
6.6 Declaration of the Shi'a of Iraq, July 2002 (excerpt)
6.7 Statement by Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Kadhim al-Haeri, July 2002
(excerpt)
6.8 Statement by Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, May 14, 2001
(excerpt)
6.9 Collection of Fatwas by Grand Ayatollah Sistani, September
2002-October 2007
6.10 Sayyid Sistani, Statement on Islamic Unity and the
Renunciation of Sedition and Sectarianism, February 3, 2007
6.11 Kurdistan Regional Government Unification Agreement, January
21, 2006
6.12 Law of the Supreme National Commission for Accountability and
Justice, January 12, 2008 (excerpt)
6.13 Helsinki Agreement, September 2007
Joing U.S.- Iraqi Documents
6.14 Agreement between the United States of America and the
Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of the United States Forces from
Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their
Temporary Presence in Iraq, November 17, 2008 (excerpt)
6.15 Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship
and Cooperation between the United States of America and the
Republic of Iraq, November 17, 2008 (excerpt)
7. Securing Oil, Preempting Development
Iraq Economy-Planning Documents
7.1 Future of Iraq Project: Economic and Infrastructure Working
Group, "An Economic Empowerment System," 2001 (excerpt)
7.2 Dick Cheney, Speech to London Institute of Petroleum, 1999
(excerpt)
7.3 National Energy Technology Laboratory, "Peaking of World Oil
Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management," Executive
Summary, 2005
7.4 Iraq Study Group Report, 2006 (excerpt)
7.5 Paul Wolfowitz, Testimony to the House Appropriations
Subcommittee on Defense re Fiscal Year 2003 Supplemental
Appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan, March 27, 2003
7.6 Iraq Contingency Planning Memo-Released in Part-Unclassified,
2003 (excerpt)
Iraq Oil Documents
7.7 United States Combined Arms Center, "On Point II: Transition to
the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi
Freedom," May 2003-January 2005 (excerpt)
7.8 Ariel Cohen, "The Road to Economic Prosperity for a Post-Saddam
Iraq," Heritage Foundation Report, March 5, 2003 (excerpt)
7.9 BearingPoint Corporation, "Options for Developing a Long Term
Sustainable Iraqi Oil Industry," December 19, 2003 (excerpt)
7.10 Foreign Investment in the World's Major Oil Reserves, 2004
7.11 U.S. Congressional Memo on Hunt Oil PSA with Kurdish Regional
Government, October 18, 2007
7.12 Letter from 108 Iraqi Technical, Academic, and Economic
Experts Opposed to Oil Privatization, Addressed to the Iraqi
Council of Representatives, July 16, 2007
Iraq Privatization Documents
7.13 Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers Letter to Congress Opposing
Privatization of Iraqi Oil Industry, July 31, 2007 (excerpt)
7.14 "Fact Sheet: Achieving Political and Economic Progress in
Iraq: President Bush Discusses Ways the Surge Is Helping Iraqis
Reclaim Security and Restart Political and Economic Life," March
27, 2008 (excerpt)
7.15 Office of the President, Initial Benchmark-assessment Report,
July 12, 2007
7.16 Charles P. Ries, "Beyond Bricks and Mortar: The 'Civilian
Surge' in Iraq," March 11, 2008 (excerpt)
7.17 "IMF Executive Board Approves First Ever Stand-by Arrangement
for Iraq," Press Release No. 05/307, December 23, 2005
(excerpt)
7.18 USAID Private Sector Development Program in Iraq, 2005
8. Human Rights and International Law: U.S. Methods and Operations
in Preemptive War
Domestic and International Law
8.1 U.S. Constitution, Article 6 (excerpt)
8.2 Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Persons in Time
of War, 1949 (excerpt)
8.3 The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (excerpt)
8.4 U.S. Criminal Code, §§2340 and 2340A (excerpts)
Secret Use of "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"
8.5 Lt. Col. Jerald Phifer, "Request for Approval of
Counter-resistance Strategies," October 11, 2002
Historical Context
8.6 Central Intelligence Agency, KUBARK Manual on
Counterintelligence Interrogation, July 1963 (excerpt)
Reports on Violations of Law
8.7 U.S. Army, Article 15-6: Investigation of the 800th Military
Police Brigade (The Taguba Report), 2004 (excerpt)
8.8 Malcolm Nance, "Waterboarding Is Torture . . . Period,"
8.9 American Civil Liberties Union, Khalid al-Masri Testimony on
"Rendition" (excerpt)
8.10 International Committee of the Red Cross, Report on the
Treatment by the Coalition Forces of Prisoners of War and Other
Protected Persons by the Geneva Conventions in Iraq during Arrest,
Internment, and Interrogation, February 2004 (excerpt)
8.11 Human Rights Watch, "The Road to Abu Ghraib," June 2004
(excerpt)
The Documentary Record: Key Memos by Members of the George W. Bush
Administration
8.12 Alberto Gonzales, Memorandum to the President, "Decision re
Application of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War to the
Conflict with al Qaeda and the Taliban," January 25, 2002
(excerpt)
8.13 John Yoo, Letter to Alberto Gonzales, "Interrogation Methods
to Be Used," August 1, 2002 (excerpt)
8.14 Jay Bybee to Alberto Gonzales, "Standards of Conduct for
Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. §§2340-2340A," August 1, 2002
(excerpt)
8.15 Daniel Levin, Memorandum for James B. Comey, "Legal Standards
Applicable under 18 U.S.C. §§2340-2340A," December 30, 2004
(excerpt)
8.16 American Civil Liberties Union, Press Release, "CIA Provides
Further Details on Secret Interrogation Memos," January 10,
2007
8.17 CIA and Justice Department, Documents Released in Response to
ACLU Lawsuit, July 2008
8.18 Brian Ross and Richard Esposito, "CIA's Harsh Interrogation
Techniques Described," ABC News Report on Six "Enhanced
Interrogation Techniques," November 18, 2005
8.19 National Lawyers Guild and International Association of
Democratic Lawyers, "White Paper on the Law of Torture and Holding
Accountable Those Who Are Complicit in Approving Torture of Persons
in U.S. Custody," May 2008 (excerpt)
9. Policing Terror Versus a War on Terror
U.S. Government Terrorism Documents
9.1 U.S. National Security Council, "National Strategy for
Combating Terrorism," February 2003 (excerpt)
9.2 Resolution 1566 Adopted by the Security Council at Its 5053rd
Meeting, October 8, 2004
9.3 Counterterrorism Threat Assessment and Warning Unit, National
Security Division, FBI, "Terrorism in the United States 1998"
(excerpt)
9.4 Terrorism in the United States, 1990-1998 (Graphic)
9.5 Marvin J. Cetron and Peter S. Probst, "Terror 2000: The Future
Face of Terrorism," U.S. Department of Defense, June 24, 1994
(excerpt)
9.6 Richard A. Clarke, Memorandum for Condoleezza Rice, Subject:
Presidential Policy Initiative/Review-The al Quida [
9.7 Robert Parry, "Gore's Other Global Warning: Iraq War,"
Consortiumnews.com, February 25, 2007 (excerpt)
9.8 CIA, President's Daily Brief, "Bin Ladin [
9.9 The 9/11 Commission Report, 2004 (excerpt)
9.10 George W. Bush, Colin Powell, and John Ashcroft, President
Urges Readiness and Patience, September 15, 2001
9.11 George W. Bush, "International Campaign against Terror Grows,"
September 25, 2001
9.12 "The Words That Were Used,"
9.13 Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade, "Shock and Awe: Achieving
Rapid Dominance," National Defense University Report, October 1996
(excerpt)
International Terrorism Documents
9.14 "President Bush Attends Veterans of Foreign Wars National
Convention, Discusses War on Terror," Kansas City, August 22, 2007
(excerpt)
9.15 Atiyah Letter Exposing New Leader in al Qa'ida High Command,
September 25, 2006 (excerpt)
9.16 The al Qaeda Manual, Introduction, 2000 (excerpt)
9.17 Osama bin Laden, Speech Broadcast by al Jazeera on October 30,
2004 (excerpt)
9.18 "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United
States," Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence
Estimate, April 2006 (excerpt)
9.19 Iraq Study Group Report, 2006 (excerpt)
Opposition to U.S. Terrorism Policy
9.20 George W. Bush, Remarks to Students and Faculty, National
Defense University, May 1, 2001 (excerpt)
9.21 Seth G. Jones and M. C. Libicki, "How Terrorists Groups End:
Lessons for Countering al Qa'eda," Rand Corporation, 2008
(excerpt)
10. Preemptive Democracy
U.S. Government Documents
10.1 Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National
Security Agency Described by the President, January 19, 2006
(excerpt)
10.2 Ira Winkler, "Why NSA Spying Puts the U.S. in Danger: A Former
NSA Analyst Speaks Out at the Illegal Practice of Warrantless
Spying,"
10.3 Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations in the Global
War on Terrorism: Assessment of Legal, Historical, Policy, and
Operational Considerations, Declassified by the U.S. Department of
Defense, March 6, 2003 (excerpt)
10.4 Russ Feingold, Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Bill (USA
Patriot Act), October 25, 2001 (excerpt)
10.5
10.6 American Bar Association Task Force on Presidential Signing
Statements and the Separation of Powers Doctrine Report, July 2006
(excerpt)
10.7 American Bar Association Task Force, Recommendation on
Presidential Signing Statements and the Separation of Powers
Doctrine, 2006
10.8 George W. Bush, Statement on H.R. 1815, "National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006," January 16, 2006
10.9 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sample National Security
Letter, Declassified on August 3, 2004
10.10 U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General,
Audit Division, "Follow-up Audit of the Terrorist Screening
Center," Audit Report 07-41, September 2007 (excerpt)
10.11 Buddhika Jayamaha, Wesley D. Smith, Jeremy Roebuck, Omar
Mora, Edward Sandmeier, Yance T. Gray, and Jeremy A. Murphy, "The
War as We Saw It,"
10.12 "From the Editors; The
10.13 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing on Wartime Executive
Power and the National Security Agency's Surveillance Authority,
February 6, 2006 (excerpt)
10.14 Wayne E. White, Testimony to Senate Democratic Policy
Committee during "Oversight Hearing on Pre-war Intelligence
Relating to Iraq," June 26, 2006
11. The Limits of Preemption: The United States in the World
John Ehrenberg is Professor of Political Science at Long Island
University, Brooklyn Campus. He is the author of such books as
Servants of Wealth and Civil Society: The Critical History of an
Idea, winner of the Michael Harrington Prize.
J. Patrice McSherry is Professor of Political Science at Long
Island University, Brooklyn Campus. Her books include Predatory
States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America (winner of
a Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title of 2006) and
Incomplete Transition: Military Power and Democracy in
Argentina.
José Ramón Sánchez is the author of Boricua Power: A Political
History of Puerto Ricans in the United States and is Associate
Professor of Political Science at Long Island University.
Caroleen Marji Sayej is Assistant Professor of Government and
International Relations at Connecticut College.
"The editors of this book have created an indispensable depository
of documents and commentary on what Ambassador Richard Haass has
called a 'War of Choice.' Even though I witnessed first-hand some
of the arrogance, incompetence and deceit that led to the war, I
was still stunned when poring through the cataloguing thereof-as
well as others' reaction to it. I strongly recommend this
compilation to the specialist or the general reader alike-but
particularly to
the citizen concerned about our democratic republic."-Lawrence B.
Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
and visiting Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy
at
the College of William and Mary
"This is a comprehensive collection of primary documents that
illuminate topics ranging from the ideological path to war, to the
nature of the insurgency, to oil policy, to the legal road to
torture. A must-read for any serious student of the War on
Terror."-Karen Greenberg, editor of The Torture Papers and author
of The Least Worst Place
"The Iraq Papers is an indispensable book for understanding the war
in Iraq. It is also a superb book for teaching, combining an
excellent selection of documents with helpful head notes that
contextualize and analyze."-Marilyn Young, author of The Vietnam
Wars, 1945-1990
"Especially valuable as a tool for college professors who teach
courses on the Iraq War and American foreign policy but also a
useful source of information for policymakers and concerned
citizens. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal
"...it's both thorough and hard-hitting. It's hard to imagine that
any of the key people in the Bush administration will be pleased
with this book's release, but it should be read by people on both
ends of the political spectrum." -- San Antonio Book Review
"The editors of this book have created an indispensable depository of documents and commentary on what Ambassador Richard Haass has called a 'War of Choice.' Even though I witnessed first-hand some of the arrogance, incompetence and deceit that led to the war, I was still stunned when poring through the cataloguing thereof-as well as others' reaction to it. I strongly recommend this compilation to the specialist or the general reader alike-but particularly to the citizen concerned about our democratic republic."-Lawrence B. Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell and visiting Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary "This is a comprehensive collection of primary documents that illuminate topics ranging from the ideological path to war, to the nature of the insurgency, to oil policy, to the legal road to torture. A must-read for any serious student of the War on Terror."-Karen Greenberg, editor of The Torture Papers and author of The Least Worst Place "The Iraq Papers is an indispensable book for understanding the war in Iraq. It is also a superb book for teaching, combining an excellent selection of documents with helpful head notes that contextualize and analyze."-Marilyn Young, author of The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990 "Especially valuable as a tool for college professors who teach courses on the Iraq War and American foreign policy but also a useful source of information for policymakers and concerned citizens. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "...it's both thorough and hard-hitting. It's hard to imagine that any of the key people in the Bush administration will be pleased with this book's release, but it should be read by people on both ends of the political spectrum." -- San Antonio Book Review
President George W. Bush launched two full-scale wars and occupied Afghanistan and Iraq, seeking to reshape international relations and cement America's position as the undisputed superpower in the world. Scholars and analysts of American foreign policy will most likely debate the impact of these two wars-especially the invasion of Iraq-on the architecture of international relations and international security for years to come. What were the main reasons for Bush's preemptive attack on Iraq, and what were the broader issues affecting the course of this war? The editors of this excellent book are political scientists who have sought to answer these questions through an analysis of primary sources. They have collected an impressive array of these sources and divided them into two broad categories: documents dealing with the Bush administration's policy of preemption and those focused on explaining the consequences of a preemptive war. VERDICT Especially valuable as a tool for college professors who teach courses on the Iraq War and American foreign policy but also a useful source of information for policymakers and concerned citizens. Highly recommended.-Nader Entessar, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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