War and decision :

Feith, Douglas J.

ACKU

Douglas J. Feith.

First edition.

New York, NY : Harper, ©2008.

xiv, 674 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

English

9780060899738

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Politics and government.
Terrorism – Government policy.
Terrorism – Government policy – United States.

,Iraq War, 2003-2011 – Political aspects.

,Iraq War, 2003-2011 – Causes.

,United States – Politics and government – 2001-2009.

HV6432. / F458 2008

Library of Congress Classification / Monograph

3ACKU000531508

Abstract: Of all the players in the planning and evolution of the Bush Administration's war on terrorism, few were more integral--or more controversial--than Douglas Feith, the chief strategist on Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon policy team. A highly influential international policy analyst for more than a quarter century, Feith worked closely with Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Cheney, and President Bush in defining the U.S. response to the attacks of 9/11--from the successful war on Afghanistan to the more challenging invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. Now, in this candid and revealing memoir, Feith--a charter member of the neoconservative movement and an architect of the administration's preventive strategy in the war on terrorism--offers the most in-depth and authoritative account yet of the Pentagon's evolving stance during one of the most controversial eras of American history. Drawing upon a unique trove of documents and records, this extraordinary chronicle will put the reader in the room for scores of previously unreported senior-level meetings, showing how hundreds of critical decisions were made in defense of American interests during and after the crisis of 9/11--decisions both successful and controversial. Where journalists like Bob Woodward could only speculate, Feith is the first inside player to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, at a time when history hung in the balance.--From publisher description.