Douglas Feith was appointed as the US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in 2001, and served in that capacity until the summer of 2005. Before that, Feith served as a Middle East specialist at the Pentagon, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations. A prolific writer on international law and foreign defense policy, contributing articles to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
As Americans turned on the Iraq war, anti-war forces tried to
portray the war as not only a mistake, but the result of a
neoconservative coup. . . . In his new memoir, War and Decision,
Mr. Feith does an admirable job in dispelling this hokum. --Eli
Lake, New York Sun"
By far the most balanced, detailed, and lucid account of this story
that s come out yet. . . . Feith makes the first intellectually
serious attempt to explain how the government tried to answer that
question [of settling post-9/11 defense strategy] in the years
after 9/11. --"The Corner," National Review Online"
Extraordinarily frank and persuasive. . . . [O]ur first in-depth
look at the inside of the Bush administration s national security
top leadership from one who was there. [Feith] has been criticized
harshly and, I think, unfairly. --Michael Barone, U.S. News & World
Report"
Extraordinary. . . . I was unprepared for the thoroughness of the
documentation, the sweeping nature of the narrative and the highly
readable prose. It is the first attempt by a serious student of
history to lay out the myriad, challenging choices confronting a
president. . . . Splendid. --Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Washington
Times"
If you want to read a serious book about the origins and
consequences of the intervention in Iraq in 2003, you owe it to
yourself to get hold of a copy of Douglas Feith s War and Decision.
--Christopher Hitchens, Slate"
Indispensable. . . . The best account to date of how the
administration debated, decided, organized and executed its
military responses to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Much of what
makes War and Decision so compelling is that it is, in effect, a
revisionist history. --Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal"
Meticulous. . . . A convincing refutation of unfair allegations
about the author [and] a balanced analysis of policy debates about
Iraq inside the administration. . . . Will be studied for years by
journalists, historians and aspiring political appointees.
--National Review"
One would have expected, as in the case of all the other Iraq
expos?s, that [Feith] would use the memoir genre to get even.
Instead, he is selfcritical, even admits to occasional hubris, but,
more importantly, also chronicles the contortions and reinventions
of many post2003/4 critics of the war. --Victor Davis Hanson,
National Review Online"
What s needed now? More memoirs, more data, more information, more
testimony. More serious books, like Doug Feith s. More this is what
I saw and this is what is true. Feed history. --Peggy Noonan, Wall
Street Journal"
"As Americans turned on the Iraq war, anti-war forces tried to
portray the war as not only a mistake, but the result of a
neoconservative coup. . . . In his new memoir, War and Decision,
Mr. Feith does an admirable job in dispelling this hokum."--Eli
Lake, New York Sun
"By far the most balanced, detailed, and lucid account of this
story that's come out yet. . . . Feith makes the first
intellectually serious attempt to explain how the government tried
to answer that question [of settling post-9/11 defense strategy] in
the years after 9/11."--"The Corner," National Review Online
"Extraordinarily frank and persuasive. . . . [O]ur first in-depth
look at the inside of the Bush administration's national security
top leadership from one who was there. [Feith] has been criticized
harshly and, I think, unfairly."--Michael Barone, U.S. News & World
Report
"Extraordinary. . . . I was unprepared for the thoroughness of the
documentation, the sweeping nature of the narrative and the highly
readable prose. It is the first attempt by a serious student of
history to lay out the myriad, challenging choices confronting a
president. . . . Splendid."--Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Washington
Times
"If you want to read a serious book about the origins and
consequences of the intervention in Iraq in 2003, you owe it to
yourself to get hold of a copy of Douglas Feith's War and
Decision."--Christopher Hitchens, Slate
"Indispensable. . . . The best account to date of how the
administration debated, decided, organized and executed its
military responses to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Much of what
makes War and Decision so compelling is that it is, in effect, a
revisionist history."--Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
"Meticulous. . . . A convincing refutation of unfair allegations
about the author [and] a balanced analysis of policy debates about
Iraq inside the administration. . . . Will be studied for years by
journalists, historians and aspiring political
appointees."--National Review
"One would have expected, as in the case of all the other Iraq
expos?s, that [Feith] would use the memoir genre to get even.
Instead, he is self-critical, even admits to occasional hubris,
but, more importantly, also chronicles the contortions and
reinventions of many post-2003/4 critics of the war."--Victor Davis
Hanson, National Review Online
"What's needed now? More memoirs, more data, more information, more
testimony. More serious books, like Doug Feith's. More 'this is
what I saw' and 'this is what is true.' Feed history."--Peggy
Noonan, Wall Street Journal
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