2 options
Voting for War : A U. S. Congressman's Awakening to the Lies Behind the Iraq Invasion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Walter B., Jr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Political aspects--United States.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--United States--Public opinion.
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- United States Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- Jones, Walter B. (Walter Beaman), 1943-2019.
- Jones, Walter B.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Other Title:
- Voting for War
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.
- Summary:
- "The moment came at a funeral for a soldier. Republican Congressman Walter Jones (North Carolina, 3rd District) had voted to go to war in Iraq but had begun to question that decision, and the dubious claims by the Bush administration that Saddam Hussein harbored weapons of mass destruction. At the service for U.S. Marine Michael Bitz--killed three days into the war--Jones saw Bitz's two-year-old son, Joshua, and was overcome with grief. Jones, whose district is home to Camp Lejeune and two Marine Corps air stations, set out to learn the truth--and was compelled to publicly acknowledge he had made "a grievous mistake." "We were lied to about the justifications for going to war in Iraq," he writes. "I was lied to; the nation was lied to." In these pages, with insights from family, colleagues, and former members of the military, Jones recounts his journey to becoming a more independent thinker, a renegade within his party and a more faithful public servant"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Where I Come From
- On the Hill and in My District
- September 11
- Building a Case for War
- My Mounting Skepticism
- Michael Bitz
- Awakening
- Letter Writing
- Action Today, Change for Tomorrow
- Moving Ahead
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-4477-2
- OCLC:
- 1269317538
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.