removing Saddam Hussein by force Metz, Steven, 1956- Martin, John R. (John Robert), 1952- Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute. text bibliography government publication text pau 2010 monographic Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, publisher [2010] eng

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1 electronic resource (xx, 67 pages) One of the defining characteristics of strategy making in the Bush administration was the treatment of any decision involving transnational terrorism as a crisis with a limited slate of participants and a minimal role for professional expertise except on operational and technical considerations. When the administration broke from its predecessors and chose to approach the Iraq issue as part of the war on terrorism rather than as simply an element of regional stability, it shifted to a crisis decision mode. This was unusual since the Iraq conflict did not meet the usual requirements for a crisis: a very high threat and limited decision time. This initial volume provides a review of decisions made by senior military and civilian leaders during the several years thus far of the war in Iraq, and focuses on the how and why certain decisions were made.-- Source other than Library of Congress. Introduction -- Decisionmakers -- Defining the issue -- Decision shapers -- Political and strategic context -- An iterative decision -- Facts -- Assumptions -- Options -- The decisionmaking process -- Analysis and conclusions. This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users Steven Metz ; John R. Martin, executive editor. "February 2010." Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-67). Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. a-iq--- n-us--- Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- Military leadership Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 Iraq War, 2003-2011 Causes Iraq War, 2003-2011 Decision making Iraq War, 2003-2011 Moral and ethical aspects Just war doctrine United States Military policy Moral and ethical aspects DS79.757 DS79.66.H87 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2023692752 Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2010] 9781584874263 (DLC) 2010443917 v. 1 1584874260 9781584874263 2023692752 pn DLC 100722 20250607123832.5 23399264 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng