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Decision-Making for Defense
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Year: 1966 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,

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Rumsfeld's War : The Untold Story of America's Anti-Terrorist Commander
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ISBN: 0895260697 Year: 2004 Publisher: Washington : Regnery Publishing,

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Going to War ? : Trends in Military Interventions
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ISBN: 9780773547575 Year: 2016 Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,

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Drawing together researchers and practitioners from the academic, security, and defence community, this book investigates why countries go to war. It uncovers the conditions under which military deployments occur and what this means for future decisions involving the use of force. The book explores how recent experiences with military interventions, war weariness amongst publics, regional flash points, and the financial crisis, are factors that impact wartime decision-making. Given the diverse backgrounds of the contributors (academic experts, serving military officers, and defence scientists), the debate is vivid and rich, revealing the complexity of the issues that play into the decision to go to war. One of the key findings is that reasons for going to war have as much to do with domestic concerns as they do with international threats. Other conclusions of the book relate to the changing character of war, whether it is fewer military fatalities overall or the unpredictable impact the improvised explosive device had in Afghanistan and Iraq. As with all seemingly simple questions, the answers are multi dimensional.


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Anatomy of Failure : Why America Loses Every War It Starts
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ISBN: 9781682472255 Year: 2017 Publisher: Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press,

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The author asserts here that presidents and administrations have consistently failed to use sound strategic thinking and lacked sufficient understanding of the circumstances prior to deciding whether or not to employ force. He analyses the records of presidents from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama and Donald Trump in using force or starting wars. His recommended solutions begin with a 'brains-based' approach to sound strategic thinking to address one of the major causes of failure - the inexperience of too many of the nation's commanders-in-chief. The author reinforces his argument through the use of autobiographical vignettes that provide a human dimension and insight into the reasons for failure, in some cases making public previously unknown history.

Rise of the Vulcans : The History of Bush's War Cabinet
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ISBN: 0670032999 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York : Viking,


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Rumsfeld's Wars : The Arrogance of Power
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ISBN: 9780700615872 Year: 2008 Publisher: Lawrence, KA : University Press of Kansas,

The war within : a secret White House history, 2006-2008
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ISBN: 9781416558989 9781416558972 1416558977 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York Simon & Schuster

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Bob Woodward's fourth book about the Bush presidency at war declassifies the secrets of America's political and military involvement in Iraq. Woodward once again pulls back the curtain on Washington to reveal the inner workings of a government at war.

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