Research Catalog

Title

Intelligence and national security policymaking on Iraq : British and American perspectives / edited by James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian.

Publication

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Pfiffner, James P.
• Phythian, Mark.

Description

xiii, 296 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership

Uniform Title

Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the presidency and leadership studies.

Subject

• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Military intelligence > United States
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Military intelligence > Great Britain
• National security > United States > Decision making
• National security > Great Britain > Decision making
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Causes
• United States > Military relations > Iraq
• Great Britain > Military relations > Iraq
• United States > Military policy
• Great Britain > Military policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: policymaking and intelligence on Iraq / James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian -- pt. I. Intellectual antecedents of the Iraq War -- The neoconservative roots of the war in Iraq / John Dumbrell -- The origins of the British decision to go to war: Tony Blair, humanitarian intervention, and the "new doctrine of the international community" / Jim Whitman -- pt. II. The public case for war -- Did President Bush mislead the country in his arguments for war with Iraq? / James P. Pfiffner -- The British road to war: decisionmaking, intelligence, and the case for war in Iraq / Mark Phythian -- Australian use of intelligence and the case for war in Iraq / Rodney Tiffen -- The Iraq War and the management of American public opinion / John Mueller -- pt. III. Intelligence failure -- Intelligence collection and analysis on Iraq: issues for the US intelligence community / Richard Kerr ... [et al.] -- The politics and psychology of intelligence and intelligence reform / Robert Jervis -- Congress, the Iraq War, and the failures of intelligence oversight / Loch K. Johnson -- Flawed intelligence, limited oversight: official inquiries into prewar UK intelligence on Iraq / Mark Phythian -- pt. IV. Policy failure -- Decisionmaking, intelligence, and the Iraq war / James P. Pfiffner -- Intelligence, policy, and the war in Iraq / Paul R. Pillar -- pt. V. Excerpts from key speeches and documents.
• Appendix A. Excerpts from key US speeches before the war in Iraq -- Excerpts from President George W. Bush, State of the Union address, January 29, 2002 -- Vice President Cheney's remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention, August 26, 2002 -- President Bush outlines Iraq threat, remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7, 2002 -- President Bush: State of the Union address, 28 January 2003 -- Appendix B. Excerpts from key UK speeches and documents before the war in Iraq -- Tony Blair, "Doctrine of the international community" speech, Economic Club, Chicago, April 24, 1999 -- Memorandum from foreign policy adviser David Manning to the Prime Minister, March 14, 2002 -- Memorandum from British ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer, March 18, 2002 -- Minutes: Iraq--Prime Minister's meeting, July 23, 2002 -- Prime Minister's foreword to the September 2002 Downing Street dossier -- Prime Minister's Iraq statement to Parliament, September 24, 2002 -- Appendix C. October 2002 national intelligence estimate: key judgments (excerpts) Iraq's continuing programs for weapons of mass destruction -- Appendix D. Excerpts from post-war US investigations -- Appendix E. Open letter to George Tenet from US intelligence professionals, April 28, 2007.

Call Number

JFE 09-1257

ISBN

• 9781603440677 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 1603440674 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9781603440936 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1603440933 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008025298
• 40015818161

OCLC

227031439

Title

Intelligence and national security policymaking on Iraq : British and American perspectives / edited by James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian.

Imprint

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2008.

Edition

1st North American ed.

Series

Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership

Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes series in the presidency and leadership studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Pfiffner, James P.

Phythian, Mark.

Other Standard Identifier

40015818161

Research Call Number

JFE 09-1257