The Long Road to Baghdad

by Gardner, Lloyd C.

• ISBN13: 9781595584762
• ISBN10: 1595584765
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-02
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

Now available in paperback, this sweeping and authoritative narrative is essential reading in the study of the conflict in Iraq that has plagued the first decade of the 20th century. A unique and thorough study, it places the Iraq War in the context of US foreign policy since Vietnam, casting the conflict as a chapter in a much broader story of US and allied forces' diplomatic and military moves in the region. In a disturbing account, Gardner shows how the Iraq War is a necessary outcome of doomed US policies.

Author Biography

Lloyd C. Gardner is Research Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including Pay Any Price: Lyndon Johnson and the Wars for Vietnam and Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam (available from The New Press). He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Beyond Baghdad: The Sacred Metaphor of "Making Progress"	p. 9
Zbig at the Khyber Pass, or the Last Flight of the Persian Rug	p. 32
The First Gulf War, in Which the Realists Make Their Last Stand	p. 62
The End(s) of History, in Which the Theory and Practice Conflict	p. 92
Axis of Evil, in Which the Nation's Enemies Are Revealed	p. 116
Shock and Awe, in Which We Learn How Some Democracies Go to War	p. 149
The Occupation, in Which We Learn What Followed Shock and Awe	p. 177
The Dream Dies Hard, in Which the Administration Loses the Mandate of the People	p. 213
What Lies Ahead, in Which the Meaning of the War Is Revealed	p. 247
Notes	p. 273
Index	p. 297
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