03243nam 2200805 a 450 991097325200332120200520144314.0978661136089497811373570211137357029978128136089212813608999780230601147023060114610.1057/9780230601147(CKB)1000000000342474(EBL)308195(OCoLC)315824866(SSID)ssj0000116065(PQKBManifestationID)11141462(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116065(PQKBWorkID)10032683(PQKB)10387888(DE-He213)978-0-230-60114-7(Au-PeEL)EBL308195(CaPaEBR)ebr10167460(CaONFJC)MIL136089(OCoLC)182530325(PPN)170001989(MiAaPQ)EBC308195(Perlego)3499581(EXLCZ)99100000000034247420060328d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein deciding on conflict /Alex Roberto Hybel and Justin Matthew Kaufman1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (209 p.)Advances in foreign policy analysisDescription based upon print version of record.9781299547292 129954729X 9781403975782 1403975787 Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: Two Surprises, Two Wars, Two Presidents, One Family; Chapter One: Alternative Theories of Foreign Policy-Making; Chapter Two: Two Harmful Surprises; Chapter Three: The Logic of Surprise versus the Logic of Surprise Avoidance; Chapter Four: Two Very Different Wars; Chapter Five: The Apple Sometimes Falls Close to the Tree; Chapter Six: The Absence of a Rational Process; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe authors present a vital analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a thorough comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices.Advances in foreign policy analysis.Persian Gulf War, 1991Iraq War, 2003-2011United StatesForeign relationsIraqIraqForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1989-United StatesMilitary policyPersian Gulf War, 1991.Iraq War, 2003-2011.956.7044/32Hybel Alex Roberto854645Kaufman Justin Matthew1806271MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973252003321The Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein4355357UNINA