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001 2008004344
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005 20080926125139.0
008 080130s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aDS79.76$b.G366 2008
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100 1 $aGardner, Lloyd C.,$d1934-
245 14 $aThe long road to Baghdad :$ba history of U.S. foreign policy from the 1970s to the present /$cLloyd C. Gardner.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bNew Press,$c2008.
263 $a0810
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aContents -- Introduction -- Beyond Baghdad -- the Sacred metaphor of "making progress" -- Zbig at the khyber pass, or the last flight of the Persian rug -- the first Gulf War, in which the "realists" make their last stand -- The end of history, in which the theory and practice -- Conflict -- axis of evil, in which the nation's enemies are revealed -- Shock and awe, in which we learn how some democracies go to War -- The occupation, in which we learn what followed shock and awe -- The dream dies hard, in which the administration loses the mandate of the people -- What lies ahead, in which the meaning of the war is revealed -- Notes -- Index.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-$xCauses.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-