TY - BOOK ID - 86048903 TI - The regime change consensus : Iraq in American politics, 1990-2003 PY - 2021 SN - 110897421X 110897600X 1108838243 1108976816 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988. KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Causes. KW - United States KW - Iraq KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - Gulf War, 1980-1988 KW - Iranian-Iraqi Conflict, 1980-1988 KW - Iraq-Iran War, 1980-1988 KW - Iraqi-Iranian Conflict, 1980-1988 KW - Persian Gulf War, 1980-1988 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86048903 AB - Why did the United States invade Iraq, setting off a chain of events that profoundly changed the Middle East and the US global position? The Regime Change Consensus offers a compelling look at how the United States pivoted from a policy of containment to regime change in Iraq after September 11, 2001. Starting with the Persian Gulf War, the book traces how a coalition of political actors argued with increasing success that the totalitarian nature of Saddam Hussein's regime and the untrustworthy behavior of the international coalition behind sanctions meant that containment was a doomed policy. By the end of the 1990s, a consensus belief emerged that only regime change and democratization could fully address the Iraqi threat. Through careful examination, Joseph Stieb expands our understanding of the origins of the Iraq War while also explaining why so many politicians and policymakers rejected containment after 9/11 and embraced regime change. ER -