Overreach: Delusions of Regime Change in Iraq

by Michael MacDonald

Book Overview

In the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a fair 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.

Michael MacDonald examines the standard hypotheses for the decision to attack, showing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674729102
• ISBN13: 9780674729100
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"