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Subject(s)

• Persian Gulf War, 1991 [Browse]
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—Iraq [Browse]
• Iraq—Foreign relations—United States [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—1989-. [Browse]
• United States—Military policy [Browse]
• Bush, George 1924-2018 [Browse]
• Bush, George W. (George Walker) 1946- [Browse]
• Hussein, Saddam 1937-2006 [Browse]

Related name

• Kaufman, Justin Matthew [Browse]

Series

Advances in foreign policy analysis. [More in this series]

Summary note

The 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.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

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; Index

ISBN

• 9786611360894
• 9781137357021
• 1137357029
• 9781281360892
• 1281360899
• 9780230601147
• 0230601146

OCLC

• 315824866
• 182530325

Doi

• 10.1057/9780230601147

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