The Iraq papers / edited by John Ehrenberg [and others]. - xxxiv, 620 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From containment to preemptive war : Iraq and the United States in a unipolar moment -- Organizing for preemptive war : Iraq and the presidency of George W. Bush -- International reaction to the war -- Liberators or occupiers? : the Coalition Provisional Authority -- Insurgency, counterinsurgency, or Civil War? -- Democratization from above or below? -- Securing oil, preempting development -- Human rights and international law : U.S. methods and operations in preemptive war -- Policing terror versus a war on terror -- Preemptive democracy -- The limits of preemption : The United States in the world.

9780195398588 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780195398595 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009019403

GBA9C2409 bnb

015442234 Uk


Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes--Sources.
Preemptive attack (Military science)--Government policy--United States--Sources.

DS79.76 / .I72628 2010

956.7044/31