Missions Accomplished? The United States and Iraq since World War I

Name: Missions Accomplished? The United States and Iraq since World War I
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ISBN: 9780195333381

ISBN-10: 0195333381

ISBN-13: 9780195333381

Edition: 2012

Authors: Peter L. Hahn

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Since 2003, Iraq has posed one of the most daunting foreign policy challenges facing the United States. President George W. Bush's decision to wage a preemptive war against Iraqi Premier Saddam Hussein resulted in a smashing U.S. military victory and the overthrow of Hussein. The U.S. battlefield victory soon gave way, however, to a prolonged and costly occupation, a consequence of poor postwar planning by officials in Washington and unintended and unexpected repercussions of Hussein's downfall. Since 2003, Iraq dominated the thinking of policymakers in Washington who were responsible for safeguarding U.S. interests in the volatile Middle East.Despite the centrality that Iraq occupies in…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Maps


Acronyms


Preface


Introduction



Legacies of Empire: The Emergence of U.S. Relations with Iraq, to 1958



Cold War Challenges: The Pursuit of Stability in Revolutionary Iraq, 1958-1979



From Tension to Rapprochement: U.S.-Iraqi Relations in a Turbulent Decade, 1979-1989



Reversing Iraqi Conquest: The Gulf War of 1990-1991



The Enduring Menace of Saddam Hussein: U.S. Containment of Iraq in the 1990s



The Downfall of Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the March to War in Iraq, 2001-2003



The Quest for Stability: The Occupation of Iraq, 2003-2010


Conclusion: Missions Accomplished?


Bibliography


Index