
The Iraq War
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The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide gives readers the opportunity to investigate this costly and controversial conflict as professional researchers do-by looking closely at key samples of historical evidence. As readers will see, that evidence proves to be extraordinarily revealing about the drive to war, the course of the initial invasion, the counterinsurgency, the "surge," and the continuing difficulties in unifying and stabilizing the country.
From relevant exchanges in the 2000 Bush/Gore debates to interviews with Saddam Hussein to the latest reorganization of the Coalition Provisional Authority, The Iraq War gives readers an insider's view of the conflict's key decisions and events. Each chapter brings together primary and secondary sources on an important phase of the war, with the author providing context, analysis, and insight from a historian's perspective. The book also provides a solid framework for working with the documentary record-a particularly difficult task in this case, as so many vital sources will remain classified and inaccessible for years to come.
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- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Reader's Guide to Related Documents
- Introduction
- 1. The Case for War
- Document 1: Excerpt of Transcript of 2000 Presidential Candidate Debate, October 11, 2000
- Document 2: Letter from Project for a New American Century to President William J. Clinton, January 26, 1998
- Document 3: Excerpt of State of the Union Address, January 29, 2002
- Document 4: Excerpt of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Address to Arab Leaders, April 22, 2002
- Document 5: Brent Scowcroft, "Don't Attack Saddam," August 15, 2002
- Document 6: Excerpt of Vice President Richard Cheney, "The Risks of Inaction Are Far Greater Than the Risk of Action, "Speech to the 103rd National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, August 26, 2002
- Document 7: Excerpt of President Bush's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 12, 2002
- Document 8: Excerpt of Remarks by the President on Iraq, October 7, 2002
- Document 9: Excerpt of the State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003
- Document 10: President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Interview with Tony Benn, February 4, 2003
- Document 11: Excerpt of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Speech on Iraq, British House of Commons, March 18, 2003
- Document 12: President Bush's Address to the Nation at the Start of Hostilities, March 19, 2003
- Document 13: Downing Street Memo, July 23, 2002
- Document 14: Excerpt of Report of the Iraq Verification Mission Activities, January 8, 2003
- Document 15: Excerpt of Statement to the Fifty-Eighth Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, March 2003
- Document 16: Excerpt of Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessment on Iraq, July 7, 2004
- Document 17: Excerpt of Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, Report to the President, March 31, 2005
- Document 18: Excerpt of National Intelligence Estimate, 2002
- Document 19: Excerpt of Twelfth Quarterly Report of the Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, May 30, 2003
- Document 20: Congressional Resolution Supporting the Use of Force against Iraq, October 16, 2002
- Document 21: Excerpts of Floor Speeches Supporting the Iraq War Resolution, October 10-11, 2002
- Document 22: Speeches Opposing the Resolution, October 9-10, 2002
- Document 23: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "I Stand before You Today a Multilateralist, "Speech Delivered to the United Nations General Assembly, September 12, 2002
- Document 24: Excerpt of Secretary of State Colin Powell's Presentation to the UN Security Council, February 5, 2003
- Document 25: Excerpts of Responses of Security Council Members to Mr. Powell's remarks, February 5, 2003
- Document 26: Joint Statement by Mr. de Villepin, Mr. Ivanov, and Mr. Fischer (France, Germany, and Russia) on Iraqi Sanctions Submitted to the UN Security Council, March 5, 2003
- 2. Shock and Awe
- Document 27: Excerpt of Shock and Awe, 1996
- Document 28: Excerpt of Desert Crossing Seminar After-Action Report, June 28-30, 1999
- Document 29: Excerpt of General Eric Shinseki's Congressional Testimony, February 25, 2003
- Document 30: Excerpt of Testimony of Paul Wolfowitz to the House Committee on the Budget, February 27, 2003
- Document 31: Excerpt of Transcript of Press Briefing by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, March 21, 2003
- Document 32: Excerpt of Pentagon Briefing on Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 21, 2003
- Document 33: Excerpt of Department of Defense Briefing, March 22, 2003
- Document 34: Excerpt of Department of Defense Briefing, March 28, 2003
- Document 35: Excerpt of Department of Defense Briefing by Secretary Rumsfeld and General Myers, April 1, 2003
- Document 36: Department of Defense Briefing, April 7, 2003
- Document 37: Excerpt of President Bush's Remarks to the Crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003
- 3. Reconstruction
- Document 38: Excerpt of Reconstructing Iraq: Insights, Challenges, and Missions for Military Forces in a Post-Conflict Scenario, February 2003
- Document 39: Excerpt of Interagency Briefing on Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq, February 24, 2003
- Document 40: Excerpt of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard B. Myers, Department of Defense News Briefing, April 11, 2003
- Document 41: Excerpt of Hearing of Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq Reconstruction, June 12, 2003
- Document 42: Excerpt of Report Presented to Senate Foreign Relations Committee by John Hamre, President of CSIS, July 23, 2003
- Document 43: Excerpt of Prepared Testimony of Andrew Natsios, Presented to the House Appropriations Foreign Operations Subcommittee, September 30, 2003
- Document 44: Excerpt of Hearings before the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, March 11, 2004
- Document 45: Excerpt of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: Quarterly Report to Congress, July, 30, 2004
- Document 46: Excerpt of "Status of Iraq Reconstruction," July 2005
- Document 47: Excerpt of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: Quarterly Report to Congress, October 30, 2005
- Document 48: Excerpt of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: Quarterly Report to Congress, July 30, 2006
- Document 49: Excerpt of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: Quarterly Report to Congress, October 30, 2006
- Document 50: Excerpt of Testimony by Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., to House Committee on Homeland Security, June 19, 2007
- Document 51: Excerpt of Press Briefing on the Status of Iraq Reconstruction, February 2008
- Document 52: Excerpt of Testimony of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to Congress, March 25, 2009
- 4. From Conventional to Unconventional War
- Document 53: Captured Internal Security Memorandum, April 3, 2003
- Document 54: Anbar Directorate Security Report, March 31, 2003
- Document 55: Excerpt of Testimony of Larry Diamond to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 19, 2004
- Document 56: Prospects for Iraq's Stability: A Challenging Road Ahead, 2007
- Document 57: Excerpt of Transcript of Videoconference Briefing on Iraqi Reconstruction by L. Paul Bremer III, June 12, 2003
- Document 58: Excerpt of Transcript of Videoconference with General Raymond Odierno, Commander, Fourth Infantry Division, June 18, 2003
- Document 59: Excerpt of Department of Defense Briefing by General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, June 24, 2003
- Document 60: Excerpt of Presidential Press Conference, July 2, 2003
- Document 61: Excerpt of Statement of General Tommy Franks to Congress, July 9, 2003
- Document 62: Excerpt of Presidential Statement on Progress in Iraq, July 23, 2003
- Document 63: Excerpt of CPA Order Number 1: De-Ba'athification of Iraqi Society, May 16, 2003
- Document 64: Excerpt of Coalition Provisional Order Number 2, May 23, 2003
- Document 65: Excerpt of "The Insurgency," Multinational Forces Iraq Report, August 20, 2007
- Document 66: Excerpt of "Terrorist Tactics," Multinational Forces Iraq Report, January 3, 2007
- Document 67: Excerpt of U.S. Army Report on Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse, May 2004
- Document 68: Excerpt of Prepared Testimony of Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution, July 18, 2005
- Document 69: Excerpt of National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, November 2005
- Document 70: Excerpt of Report to Congress on Status of Iraq, 2006
- Document 71: Excerpt of Report of the Iraq Study Group, December 6, 2006
- Document 72: Excerpt of Field Manual 3-24: Counterinsurgency, 2006
- Document 73: Excerpt of Presidential Address to American People, January 10, 2007
- Document 74: Excerpt of "Anbar Awakening: The Tipping Point," March/April 2008
- Document 75: Excerpt of Testimony of General David Petraeus to Congress, September 10, 2007
- Document 76: Excerpt of President Obama's Speech at Camp Lejeune, February 27, 2009
- 5. The Rough Road to Democracy
- Document 77: Excerpt of Coalition Provisional Authority Regulation Number 1, May 16, 2003
- Document 78: Excerpt of Coalition Provisional Authority Regulation Number 6, Governing Council of Iraq, July 13, 2003
- Document 79: Excerpt of Iraqi Transitional Law, March 8, 2004
- Document 80: Excerpt of Government Accounting Office (GAO) report Rebuilding Iraq, June 2004
- Document 81: L. Paul Bremer III on the CPA, June 28, 2004
- Document 82: Speech Given by Iyad Allawi, Prime Minister of Iraq, June 28, 2004
- Document 83: Excerpt of Iraqi Constitution: Preamble and Basic Rights, October 15, 2005
- Document 84: Excerpt of Iraqi Constitution, Section 2, Chapter One: "The Legislative Power," October 15, 2005
- Document 85: Excerpt of Iraqi Constitution, Section 3, Chapter Two, "Executive Power," October 15, 2005
- Document 86: Excerpt of Iraqi Constitution, Section 3, Chapter Three: "Judicial Authority," October 15, 2005
- Document 87: Excerpt of Iraqi Constitution, Section 4, "Federal Powers," October 15, 2005
- Document 88: Excerpt of Iraqi Constitution, Section 5, "Regions and Governorates," October 15, 2005
- Document 89: Excerpt of Iraqi Election Law, July 7, 2005
- Document 90: President George W. Bush, Address to the American People on the Iraqi Elections, January 30, 2005
- Document 91: Joint Statement by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq, November 30, 2006
- Document 92: State Department Briefing on Iraqi Government Coalition Agreement, November 12, 2010
- Document 93: U.S. Department of State Statement on Violence against Christians, December 31, 2010
- Document 94: Excerpt of "Agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq on the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq," .
- Document 95: Presidential Address on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq, August 31, 2010
- Document 96: Department of Defense Teleconference Briefing from Iraq, November 8, 2010
- Document 97: Excerpt of NBC Interview with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, July 11, 2011
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