MacDonald, Michael,  1952- <br/><br/>
Overreach :  delusions of regime change in Iraq / 
 Delusions of regime change in Iraq 
Michael MacDonald. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (325 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Why elect a self-defeating war? --  Bring 'em on: making the world safe for democracy --  What went wrong: the de-capitationist consensus of Washington elites --  What were neo-conservatives thinking? --  Democratic hawks --  American exceptionalism meets Iraqi history --  The semi-sovereign Shi'i state. 
<br/><br/> [Description]In the run-up to the Iraq invasion, a number of Americans thought the idea was crazy. Now everyone, except a few die-hards, thinks it was. So what was going through the minds of the talented and experienced men and women who planned and initiated the war? What were their assumptions? Overreach> aims to recover those presuppositions. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674735927 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.<br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Decision making.<br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Political aspects.<br/>Social Sciences.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS79  / .O947 2014