LEADER 03825nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910824349803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59403-416-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079171 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269017 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269017 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237044 035 $a(PQKB)10671378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3027831 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3027831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10046085 035 $a(OCoLC)60376848 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079171 100 $a20040124d2003 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe war over Iraq $eSaddam's tyranny and America's mission /$fLawrence F. Kaplan, William Kristol 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco, Calif. $cEncounter Books$d2003 215 $a274 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-893554-69-4 311 $a1-59403-021-9 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Saddam's Tyranny -- 1 Tyranny at Home -- 2 Aggression Abroad -- 3 Weapons of Mass Destruction -- The American Response -- 4 Narrow Realism (Bush I) -- 5 Wishful Liberalism (Clinton) -- 6 A Distinctly American Internationalism (Bush II) -- America's Mission -- 7 From Deterrence to Preemption -- 8 From Containment to Regime Change -- 9 From Ambivalence to Leadership -- Notes. 330 $aAs the crisis with Iraq continues, Americans have questions. Is war really necessary? What can it accomplish? What broad vision of U.S. foreign policy underlies the determination to remove Saddam Hussein? What were the failures of the last couple of decades that brought us to a showdown with a dictator developing weapons of mass destruction? What is the relationship between war with Iraq and the events of 9/11? The answers to these questions are found in this timely book by two of America's leading foreign policy thinkers. Kristol and Kaplan lay out a detailed rationale for action against Iraq. But to understand why we must fight Saddam, the authors assert, it is necessary to go beyond the details of his weapons of mass destruction, his past genocidal actions against Iran and his own people, and the U.N. resolutions he has ignored. The explanation begins with how the dominant policy ideas of the last decade—Clintonian liberalism and Republican realpolitik—led American policymakers to turn a blind eye to the threat Iraq has posed for well over a decade. As Kristol and Kaplan make clear, the war over Iraq is in large part a war of competing ideas about America's role in the world. The authors provide the first comprehensive explanation of the strategy of “preemption" guiding the Bush Administration in dealing with this crisis. They show that American foreign policy for the 21st century is being forged in the crucible of our response to Saddam. The war over Iraq will presumably be the end of Saddam Hussein. But it will be the beginning of a new era in American foreign policy. William Kristol and Lawrence Kaplan are indispensable guides to the era that lies ahead. 606 $aMilitarism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zIraq 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$y1979-1991 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$y1991- 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aMilitarism 676 $a327.730567 700 $aKaplan$b Lawrence$g(Lawrence F.),$f1969-$01711868 701 $aKristol$b William$f1937-$01711869 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824349803321 996 $aThe war over Iraq$94103514 997 $aUNINA