TY - BOOK ID - 77915089 TI - Overcoming the Bush legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan PY - 2010 SN - 1597975974 9781597975971 9781597975032 1597975036 PB - Washington (D.C.): Potomac Books, DB - UniCat KW - Conservatism KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011. KW - Afghan War, 2001 KW - -Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 KW - -War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - Anglo-American Invasion of Iraq, 2003-2011 KW - Dawn, Operation New, 2010-2011 KW - Gulf War II, 2003-2011 KW - Iraqi Freedom, Operation, 2003-2010 KW - New Dawn, Operation, 2010-2011 KW - Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-2010 KW - Operation New Dawn, 2010-2011 KW - Operation Telic, 2003-2011 KW - Persian Gulf War, 2003-2011 KW - Telic, Operation, 2003-2011 KW - War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism, 2001-2009 KW - Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) KW - Terror War, 2001-2009 KW - Terrorism War, 2001-2009 KW - War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 KW - War on Terror, 2001-2009 KW - Military history, Modern KW - Terrorism KW - World politics KW - -Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001 KW - -Conservativism KW - Neo-conservatism KW - New Right KW - Right (Political science) KW - Political science KW - Sociology KW - History KW - Prevention KW - Bush, George W. KW - Bush, George, KW - Bush, Geo, KW - Bush, Dzhordzh Uoker, KW - Bush, Dzh. U. KW - Bush, Dzh. KW - Bush, KW - Bushi, Qiaozhi W., KW - Bush, Zhorzh, KW - Arbusto, Jorge W., KW - Bush, Xhorxh W., KW - Political and social views. KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Philosophy. KW - Politics and government KW - -Afghan War, 2001 KW - Afghan War, 2001-2021 KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Bush, George Walker, KW - Political and social views KW - Philosophy KW - Afghan War, 2001-2021. KW - Conservatism - United States - History - 21st century KW - Bush, George Walker, - 1946- - Political and social views KW - United States - Foreign relations - 2001-2009 KW - United States - Foreign relations - Philosophy KW - United States - Politics and government - 2001-2009 KW - Bush, George Walker, - 1946 KW - -United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77915089 AB - "The military venture on which George W. Bush embarked within months of his 2001 inauguration has eclipsed all other efforts during his presidency. What started as a military response to al Qaeda's attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, with the goal of neutralizing al Qaeda and its Taliban hosts in Afghanistan, quickly fused with the neoconservative agenda to reshape and dominate the Middle East. Al Qaeda's terrorism was answered with American military power, which has destroyed or blighted the lives of millions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan." "Having kept a keen rye on the region for more than three decades, former BBC correspondent Deepak Tripathi systematically identifies in Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan the administration's naive calculations, strategic and operational blunders, disregard for history and for other cultures, and even downright prejudices that have brought so much harm to so many. Bush's "war on terror" has provoked resentment and violent opposition, opened up sectarian divisions, and created Hobbesian conditions of all-against-all war. The long-term price tag for America has been estimated at a colossal $3 trillion, but as Tripathi seeks to demonstrate, the total cost, in human and economic terms, will be incalculable." "Overall, Tripathi asserts that American exceptionalism and unilateralism are relics of a bygone political era. The limitations of twenty-firstcentury military technology have been laid bare, and the legacy of the administration's foreign policy will take years to overcome. The Obama administration must now undertake slow and painstaking diplomacy to repair ties with adversaries, to listen more to allies, and to seek new ones. Overcoming the Bush Legacy in Iraq and Afghanistan is not only a cogent and honest appraisal of the Bush administration, but also a stark reminder of the consequences we all face."--BOOK JACKET. ER -