TY - BOOK AU - MacDonald,Michael TI - Overreach: delusions of regime change in Iraq SN - 9780674735927 AV - DS79 .O947 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Causes KW - Decision making KW - Political aspects KW - Social Sciences KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - [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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=853250&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -