Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath (2008)

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This is Occasional Paper 5, ‘Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath’, written by Joseph J. Collins and dated April 2008. It was published by the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), a policy research organisation within the US National Defense University.

According to its own front matter, the National Defense University educates military and civilian leaders in national security strategy, and INSS provides senior decision-makers with objective analysis. The paper examines the decision to invade Iraq and its consequences. This page describes the document only from its own text and does not summarise its arguments.

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