Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy

In 2003, the United States invaded Iraq, convinced that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and was a threat to the United States. But the invasion was based on faulty intelligence, and the subsequent occupation of Iraq turned into a bloody quagmire that lasted for years.

Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy

by Michael J. Mazarr

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In Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy, author Rajiv Chandrasekaran provides a searing indictment of the Bush administration's disastrous foreign policy in Iraq. Chandrasekaran, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the Iraq War for The Washington Post, draws on extensive interviews with key players in the Bush administration, as well as Iraqi officials, soldiers, and civilians, to tell the inside story of how the invasion and occupation went so wrong.

Chandrasekaran argues that the Bush administration was driven by hubris, believing that they could easily topple Saddam Hussein and remake Iraq in their own image. He also points to the administration's negligence, its failure to adequately plan for the aftermath of the invasion and its unwillingness to listen to dissenting voices within the government and the military.

The result, Chandrasekaran argues, was a tragedy of epic proportions. The war in Iraq cost the lives of thousands of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians, and it destabilized the entire region, leading to the rise of ISIS.

Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the United States got into such a quagmire in Iraq. It is a cautionary tale about the dangers of hubris and negligence in foreign policy, and it is a reminder that the decisions we make today can have far-reaching consequences.

Reviews

"A devastating indictment of the Bush administration's foreign policy in Iraq."—The New York Times

"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand how the United States got into such a quagmire in Iraq."—The Washington Post

"A brilliant and incisive account of the Bush administration's disastrous foreign policy in Iraq."—The Guardian

About the Author

Rajiv Chandrasekaran is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the Iraq War for The Washington Post. He is the author of several books, including Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone and Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan.

Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America's Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy

by Michael J. Mazarr

4.4 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	2820 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
X-Ray	:	Enabled
Word Wise	:	Enabled
Print length	:	438 pages

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