Did the Bush Administration mean well?

Craig, Campbell ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-2403 2024. Did the Bush Administration mean well? Journal of Strategic Studies 47 (2) , pp. 316-324. 10.1080/01402390.2023.2236869

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Abstract

This review engages with Melvyn Leffler’s new book on the origins of the (second) Iraq war. It focusses particularly upon his argument that the Bush administration, and especially the president himself, genuinely regarded Iraq as a serious threat and initiated the war in 2003 for understandable reasons of national security. The review acknowledges that Leffler makes a strong case that Bush himself was motivated by such concerns, but goes on to argue that Leffler underplays the role of White House officials and beltway journalists and lobbyists who seemed clearly to have other motivations.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics Schools > Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	1743-937X
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 August 2023
Date of Acceptance:	12 July 2023
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2025 02:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/161822

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