The Iraqi Perspectives Report: Saddam's Senior Leadership on Operation Iraqi Freedom from the Official U.S. Joint Forces Command Report.(Book review)
Publication Date: 22-SEP-07
Publication Title: Air Power History
Format: Online
Author: Cirafici, John L.

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The Iraqi Perspectives Report: Saddam's Senior Leadership on Operation Iraqi Freedom from the Official U.S. Joint Forces Command Report. By Kevin M. Woods, et al. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Pp. xxi, 205 Paperback ISBN: 1-59114-457-4

What were Saddam Hussein and his closest advisors thinking and doing as war clouds gathered over Iraq on the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)? The Iraqi Perspectives Report figuratively puts the reader into Saddam's shoes to better understand the rationales that drove Iraqi decision-making not only in the period immediately prior to OIF and continuing until Iraq collapsed, but also during much of Saddam's stormy relationship with the United States. His misjudgments about America's willingness to use force are better understood in light of his...



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