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Article Review Forum 110 on “Why did the United States Invade Iraq in 2003?”

February 20, 2019November 20, 2019 By Joshua Rovner, Jeremy Pressman, Richard Hanania

Few issues arouse as much debate as the Iraq War. The decision to invade in 2003 was a milestone for U.S. foreign policy and Middle Eastern politics. Advocates of the war believed that the prior status quo was unsustainable, and that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s regime was a ruthless anachronism. The fact that Saddam had…

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Reply to Author’s Response to Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War

October 2, 2012February 2, 2017 By Richard Ned Lebow

Let me start by reiterating my enthusiasm from Prof. Harvey’s book and the skillful way in which he uses counterfactuals to expose and challenge the political assumptions that guide most liberal studies of the Iraq War. He does an effective job of demolishing the “neocon” thesis by demonstrating that there was wider opposition to Saddam…

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Author’s Response to Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War

September 28, 2012February 2, 2017 By Frank P. Harvey

Richard Ned Lebow admits, in his very insightful review of my book on the Iraq war, that his initial reaction was to scoff at my counterfactual about an Al Gore presidency taking the same path to war, “until (he) read the book.” I suspect anyone who takes the time to read the book will recognize…

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Review Essay 11 on Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence

September 7, 2012February 2, 2017 By Richard Ned Lebow

Frank Harvey is to be congratulated for producing an exemplary book. It makes sophisticated use of counterfactual argumentation to challenge the conventional wisdom about the causes of the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. For methodological and substantive reasons it should be read by everyone with an interest in foreign policy. Any assertion of cause implies that,…

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