Lessons from Iraq : avoiding the next war / edited by Miriam Pemberton and William D. Hartung.

Other author Pemberton, Miriam.
Other author Hartung, William D.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder : Paradigm Publishers, ©2008.
Descriptionvi, 149 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Miriam Pemberton -- Prologue / Anas Shallal -- Purposes. The dangerous leap : preventive war / Neta C. Crawford -- American imperialism : enabler of war / Chalmers Johnson -- Ideas floating free : war as demonstration model / Frances FitzGerald -- A motive hiding in plain sight : war for oil / Michael T. Klare -- To avoid future Iraq-style quagmires, reduce U.S. global military presence / Ivan Eland -- Ways and means. Hidden wounds and accounting tricks : disguising the true costs / Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes -- Lies, spies, and legends : the politicizing of intelligence / John Prados -- Media frontiers on the path to war / Norman Solomon -- America's slide : from leadership to isolation / Jeffrey Laurenti -- Inspections or invasion : lessons from Iraq / Hans Blix -- Coalition of the coerced / Phyllis Bennis -- Collateral damage. Monarchic pretensions : the war power grab / Fred Barbash -- Torture no more / Aziz Huq -- The shadow army : privatization / Janine R. Wedel -- Invitation to steal : war profiteering in Iraq / William D. Hartung -- The (Iraq) war on civil liberties / Jules Lobel -- Epilogue : war for peace / C.K. Williams.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007046098
ISBN9781594514982 (hardcover)
ISBN1594514984 (hardcover)
ISBN9781594514999 (pbk.)
ISBN1594514992 (pbk.)
Technical rpt number2007046098

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Joyner General Stacks DS79.76 L47 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold