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Product Details
Simon & Schuster, May 2009
eBook, 352 pages
ISBN-10: 143916570X
ISBN-13: 9781439165706
Awards and Nominations
- CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
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."
"This is not your usual foreign policy tome. It is a vivid, honest account of recent history from the author's unique vantage points inside the White House and the State Department. Richard Haass is always intelligent. In this book he teaches us a great deal about how American foreign policy should be made, what it should seek to accomplish, and how it should be carried out. The result is a fascinating memoir and a primer for the future."
-- Fareed Zakaria, editor, Newsweek International, author, The Post-American World
"This important book, written with style and polish, is what history needs more of: first-person testimony on crucial events from those who were there. Haass takes us into the heart of the decision making of the first Gulf War and witnesses the morass that produced the Iraq invasion. But it is also, at bottom, a personal primer on what it is to dissent on policy from the inside, on when to stay in government, and when to go. A narrative that moves forward at a great pace but with real historical and academic ballast."
-- Peggy Noonan, columnist, The Wall Street Journal, author, Patriotic Grace
"In this compelling and important volume, a world-class scholar and diplomat takes us behind the scenes of both American wars against Saddam Hussein. Richard Haass's book is full of surprises. It will do much to shape the way historians come to understand the American experience in Iraq. But more crucial, Haass's story deserves every American's attention now to make sure that we all learn from both the victories and the tragedies."
-- Michael Beschloss, author, Presidential Courage
"When a nation faces that gravest of decisions -- is it justified in going to war? -- abstract moral principles alone don't suffice. Richard Haass, an insider who participated in the making of two very different wars with Iraq, provides a finely textured account that applies the writings about just and unjust wars to the real world. His blend of conceptual thinking and concrete experience makes for an engrossing tale that educates in every sense."
-- Peter Steinfels, codirector, Fordham Center on Religion and Culture, author, A People Adrift
"A devastating insider account."
-- Booklist
"A unique perspective on how war policy was formed by two very different presidents."
-- Kirkus Reviews
"Recommended for all readers interested in U.S. foreign policy."
-- Library Journal
"Part recent history, part wide-ranging personal memoir, part case study in decision-making -- deserves to be read carefully.... Haass was a top foreign policy official who provides a perceptive insider's account of deliberations at the top of the U.S. government that, within a dozen years, resulted in U.S. engagement in two significant wars with Iraq. The book's significance is to be found in the wider lesson that a future U.S. secretary of state or U.S. national security adviser should draw for U.S. policy in the Middle East."
-- Zbigniew Brzezinski, Foreign Affairs
"Recommended for all readers interested in U.S. foreign policy."
-- Library Journal
"Part recent history, part wide-ranging personal memoir, part case study in decision-making -- deserves to be read carefully....Haass was a top foreign policy official who provides a perceptive insider's account of deliberations at the top of the U.S. government that, within a dozen years, resulted in U.S. engagement in two significant wars with Iraq. The book's significance is to be found in the wider lesson that a future U.S. secretary of state or U.S. national security adviser should draw for U.S. policy in the Middle East."
-- Zbigniew Brzezinski, Foreign Affairs
US News, June 12, 2009
...The Council on Foreign Relations' Richard Haass talks to U.S. News about his latest book The two wars the United States has waged in Iraq have defined the post-Cold War era, argues Richard Haass in ...
Fairfield Citizen-News, June 10, 2009
...same time. WSHU's next author talk will be on Wed., July 22 at 7 p.m. with Richard Haass, author of War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars. For reservations go to www.wshu.org ...
TPMCafe, June 9, 2009
...he said, 'Iraq was a war of choice.' I delve deeply into all this in my recent book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars. The book is a hybrid: part history, part foreign policy analysis, part personal account of my ...
US News, June 5, 2009
...By Andrew Burt, Washington Whispers What was it about former State Department official Richard Haass that bugged former Vice President Dick Cheney? Haass, out with a new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice, says he was shocked to read in ...
Minnesota Public Radio, June 4, 2009
...is currently managing director of Kissinger Associates. (Original Program) Segment 3: As a member of both Bush administrations, Richard Haass was involved in the decision-making process around both wars in Iraq. In his new book, he explains ...
Beaumont Enterprise, June 4, 2009
...Washington Post opinion piece, 'Old Army Buddies,' by American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Auslin; - The new book 'War of Necessity, War of Choice,' by Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass; - President Obama's ...
Wharton Journal Spectator, May 30, 2009
...excellent Washington Post opinion piece, 'Old Army Buddies,' by American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Auslin; the new book 'War of Necessity, War of Choice,' by Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass; and President ...
Washington Post, May 8, 2009
...Zakaria's 'The Post-American World' during the 2008 campaign, and even Angelina Jolie was recently caught toting around 'War of Necessity, War of Choice' by Richard Haass, Gelb's successor at the Council on Foreign Relations. I don't imagine ...
MSNBC, May 7, 2009
...battle. Video Haass: A ?war of necessity in Pakistan?? May 6: TODAY?s Matt Lauer talks to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the Taliban threat in Pakistan and his new book, ?War of Necessity, War of ...
MSNBC, May 6, 2009
...10, 06/05/09','','hmedium','','','303608','6976','', '1',0, Iqbal / EPA May 6: TODAY?s Matt Lauer talks to Richard Haass, president of the CFR, about the Taliban threat and his new book, ?War of Necessity, War of Choice.? showSLIDE SHOW ...
New York Magazine, May 6, 2009
...home of Tina Brown and Harry Evans earlier today for a luncheon discussion with former Bush administration official Richard Haass, author of the new book War of Necessity, War of Choice. Spitzer has been hard at work lately refashioning ...
Council On Foreign Relations, May 1, 2009
...using an older browser, please upgrade for the best experience. home > > news releases > : CFR President Richard Haass's Memoir of Two Iraq Wars April 29, 2009 CFR President was one of a handful of top government officials--along with Colin ...
