NEOCON DREAM R.I.P (DIED IN IRAQ IN 2005)
Explore a poignant list of 2005 books reflecting on the Neocon dream's demise in Iraq. Discover critical reads on war, ideology, and legacy from a pivotal year in history.
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America at the Crossroads
by Francis Fukuyama
Presents a critique of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, arguing that it stemmed from misconceptions about the realities of the situation in Iraq and a squandering of the goodwill of American allies following September 11th.
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Rise of the Vulcans
by Jim Mann
In the tradition of "The Wise Men" comes the first group portrait of the inner circle of George W. Bush's team--Rumsfeld, Cheney, Powell, Armitage, Rice, and Wolfowitz.
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An End to Evil
by David Frum
Two foreign policy experts examine the continuing threat of terrorism, discussing the crisis with North Korea, the status of the intelligence community and military, and what the U.S. needs to do to protect itself.
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Study of Revenge
by Laurie Mylroie
The author, publisher of the on-line newsletter "Iraq News," examines the evidence regarding Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
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Bush vs. the Beltway
by Laurie Mylroie
As the dust settles over Baghdad, a leading expert on Iraq tells the story of the obstacles that stood between the US and the fall of Saddam – and reveals that many of them came from within the US Government itself. Combining groundbreaking new research with an insider's understanding of the workings of Washington, Mylroie describes how forces within the CIA and the State Department have conspired to ly discredit crucial intelligence about Saddam Hussein's regime, from his links to al Qaeda to his development of chemical, biological, and nuclear weaponry. She charges the bureaucrats within these agencies with cynical, self–serving behaviour, designed to help them save face even at the expense of our national security. She describes how major elements of the case against Iraq––from new information about the al–Qaeda terrorists' possible links to Iraq, to potential Iraq involvement in the fall 2001 anthrax attacks––were suppressed or prematurely dismissed by these agencies. She reveals how the very idea of state–sponsored terrorism had been pronounced dead after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing––thereby giving states like Iraq the perfect cover to carry out well–orchestrated terrorist acts without ever being detected.
