
War of Necessity, War of Choice
A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars
Richard N. Haass(Author)
Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
Published on 18. May 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-4165-4903-1 (ISBN)
Description
"War of Necessity, War of Choice"--part history, part memoir--provides invaluable insight into some of the most important recent events in the world. It also provides a much needed compass for how the United States can apply the lessons learned from the two Iraq wars so that it is better positioned to put into practice what worked and to avoid repeating what so clearly did not. Indeed, in a new preface to this paperback edition, Haass argues that Afghanistan has become a war of choice. "Doing more militarily may not result in lasting improvements in the security situation that are commensurate with the costs."
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
324 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4165-4903-1 (9781416549031)
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05/2009
Simon + Schuster LLC
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Person
Richard Haass is president of the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher. Until June 2003, Richard Haass was director of policy planning for the Department of State, where he was a principal advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell.Previously, Haass was vice president and director of foreign policy studies at The Brookings Institution. He was also special assistant to President George Bush and senior director on the staff of the National Security Council from 1989 to1993. Haass is the author of The Opportunity: America 's Moment to Alter History's Course. A Rhodes Scholar, he holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and Master and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University.