The Long Road to Baghdad · A History of U.S. Foreign Policy From the 1970s to the Present by Gardner, Lloyd C. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 - BEYOND BAGHDAD: THE SACRED METAPHOR OF “MAKING PROGRESS”

Truman to Tet Hawk-eyed Optimist No More Vietnams The Military Lead

Chapter 2 - ZBIG AT THE KHYBER PASS, OR THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE PERSIAN RUG

Carter’s Dilemma Divided Counsels Caught on the Horn of Africa The Great Wall The Road to Kabul Giving the Soviets a Vietnam

Chapter 3 - THE FIRST GULF WAR, IN WHICH THE REALISTS MAKE THEIR LAST STAND

The Search for a Landing Zone Threats and Calculations Kicking the Syndrome Bad Vibes

Chapter 4 - THE END(S) OF HISTORY, IN WHICH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE CONFLICT

Planning for the End of History Posthistory The Mission Blaming Saddam

Chapter 5 - AXIS OF EVIL, IN WHICH THE NATION’S ENEMIES ARE REVEALED

Before 9/11 Go Massive Stiffing the CIA Two of a Kind Last Words

Chapter 6 - SHOCK AND AWE, IN WHICH WE LEARN HOW SOME DEMOCRACIES GO TO WAR

The WHIG Campaign Councils of War Removing Saddam Hussein The Race to Baghdad PSYOPS The Missing WMD

Chapter 7 - THE OCCUPATION, IN WHICH WE LEARN WHAT FOLLOWED SHOCK AND AWE

Bring ’Em On! Liberators and Bases Disappearing Act Dodge Ball Making Iraq Safe for Democracy

Chapter 8 - THE DREAM DIES HARD, IN WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION LOSES THE ...

What Would It Take? The Army You Have Rumsfeld’s Secret Army The Real Army Tugs of War Fortress Bush

Chapter 9 - WHAT LIES AHEAD, IN WHICH THE MEANING OF THE WAR IS REVEALED

Keeping Up Appearances The Biggest Ever

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