The United States, Britain, and their coalition partners took enormous risks in invading Iraq in March 2003. They risked one of the most successful alliances in history. They risked damaging both the United Nations and themselves.
And they risked creating a new swamp in which terrorists could breed and flourish.Allies is an analysis of the risks taken in Iraq, the reasons for them and the ways in which the challenge posed by Iraq was unlike anything faced by the post-war Western consensus. Perhaps for that reason, the decision to go to war in Iraq threatened, and to some extent still threatens, to destroy that consensus.William Shawcross, a distinguished foreign correspondent with an unrivalled perspective on international affairs, shows why America had to take the lead; why Britain-and many other countries-followed; and why Franco-German prevarication and obstruction had to be swept aside. Without minimizing the reality of the ongoing dangers or denying that mistakes were made along this most difficult of journeys, Shawcross argues passionately that going to war in Iraq was the right thing to do. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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