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The Four Stages to Moving Beyond Iraq
by Christopher J. Fettweis
Now longer than the Civil War, America's conflict in Iraq seems to have no end in sight. A malaise, perhaps greater than that engendered by Vietnam, threatens to undo our national moorings. Christopher J. Fettweis, a military strategy expert, burst onto the national scene with an editorial and NPR interviews that provided an illuminating historical perspective on the ramifications of any great power's defeat. Fettweis contends that Iraq has thrown America into an unprecedented downward spiral, yet he provides a context for America's loss that few political pundits have recognized. With abundant historical comparisons drawn from the American Revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, among others, Fettweis charts a natural course of defeat (denial, shock, anger, depression, and acceptance). He offers a prescriptive "grand strategy" that will help us forge a new approach to American foreign policy. This is a book no lover of history can ignore, for there may be a silver lining few have yet realized.
"More polemic than scholarship, this book will likely generate more heat than light." - Publishers Weekly.
"Starred Review. A convincing argument that the only enduring harm to America from leaving Iraq will be a trillion-dollar debt and a few thousand dead." - Kirkus Reviews.
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Christopher J. Fettweis, a professor of security studies at the Naval War College, has written for the Los Angeles Times and Political Science Quarterly. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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