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BL
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1010488
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b764858
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| Main Entry
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Feith, Douglas J.
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| Title & Author
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War and decision : : inside the Pentagon at the dawn of the War on terrorism /\ Douglas J. Feith.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Harper,, ©2008.
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xiv, 674 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0060899735
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: 9780060899738
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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This means war -- Personal trajectory -- Change the way we live, or change the way they live -- Steady in Afghanistan -- Easier to topple than rebuild -- Why Iraq? -- Risks of action and inaction -- Discord in Washington -- Iraq planning : the who and why -- United Nations bound -- Losing ground on the diplomatic front -- Final preparations for war and its aftermath -- Saddam's regime falls -- "From liberation to occupation" -- The taint of occupation -- Lessons and debate.
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| Abstract
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Of all the players in the planning and evolution of the Bush Administration's war on terrorism, few were more integral--or more controversial--than Douglas Feith, the chief strategist on Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon policy team. A highly influential international policy analyst for more than a quarter century, Feith worked closely with Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Cheney, and President Bush in defining the U.S. response to the attacks of 9/11--from the successful war on Afghanistan to the more challenging invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. Now, in this candid and revealing memoir, Feith--a charter member of the neoconservative movement and an architect of the administration's preventive strategy in the war on terrorism--offers the most in-depth and authoritative account yet of the Pentagon's evolving stance during one of the most controversial eras of American history. Drawing upon a unique trove of documents and records, this extraordinary chronicle will put the reader in the room for scores of previously unreported senior-level meetings, showing how hundreds of critical decisions were made in defense of American interests during and after the crisis of 9/11--decisions both successful and controversial. Where journalists like Bob Woodward could only speculate, Feith is the first inside player to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, at a time when history hung in the balance.--From publisher description.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011-- Causes.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011-- Political aspects.
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Terrorism-- Government policy-- United States.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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89.58 political violence.
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Irakkrieg
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Iraq War, 2003-2011-- Causes.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Politics and government
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Politische Entscheidung
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Terrorism-- Government policy-- United States.
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Terrorism-- Government policy.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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War-- Causes.
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Bestrijding.
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Overheidsbeleid.
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Pentagon.
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Terrorisme.
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.
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Iraq.
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.
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United States.
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USA.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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973.931
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| LC Classification
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HV6432.F44 2008
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| NLM classification
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89.58bcl
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ML 6300rvk
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