Summary
Richard Haass--a member of the National Security Council staff for the first President Bush and the director of policy planning in the State Department for Bush II--contrasts the decisions that shaped the conduct of the two Iraq wars and makes a crucial distinction between the 1991 and 2003 conflict... Full description
- A tale of two wars
- The winding road to war
- Desert Shield
- War of necessity
- The Clinton interregnum
- The 9/11 presidency
- Prelude to war
- War of choice
- Takeaways from two wars.