Circle in the sand : the Bush dynasty in Iraq / Christian Alfonsi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alfonsi, Christian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George, 1924-2018.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Political and social views.

United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.

United States.

International relations.

Iraq.

Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Persian Gulf War, 1991--Influence.

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.

Hussein, Saddam.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Political and social views.

Bush, George W.

Bush, George, 1924-2018--Political and social views.

Bush, George.

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

470 pages : map ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 2007.

Summary:

Essential to understanding the roots of one of the worst foreign policy disasters in American history, Circle in the Sand is a revelation-filled account that exposes the troubling links between the two Bush presidencies and their wars in Iraq. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-revealed White House documents, as well as interviews with top officials from both Bush administrations, Christian Alfonsi paints a devastating new portrait of the Bush dynasty.

Contents:

The woolly mammoth

"Saddam has blinked"

"We are dealing with a madman who has shown he will kill"

The fifth objective

Victory fatigue

"Why won't he help us?"

A grinding irritant

"We cannot let this crazy man thumb his nose at the world"

"Saddam Hussein is winning the peace"

The old guard dies, but does not surrender

Speaking with two voices

Unfinished business.

Notes:

Originally published in slightly different form by Doubleday in 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (page (453-455) and index.

ISBN:

1400096065

9781400096060

OCLC:

148997626