Allies (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shawcross
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Current affairs and history
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: Iraq
- Principal Characters: George W. Bush, Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Current affairs
- Subjects: Dictators, Politics, Twentieth century, Twenty-first century, War, Politicians, Terrorism or terrorists, Presidents, Middle East, Heads of state, 2000’s
- Locales: Iraq
In Allies, William Shawcross readily admits that the American-British invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq in March, 2003, was full of risks. At stake were the alliance the Americans and the British had formed with Western Europe, the credibility of the United Nations and the United States, the possibility of an extremely bloody war (one in which Iraq might use the weapons of mass destruction they were believed to possess), and the added chance that the invasion might itself spawn other terrorists and broaden the conflict. For Shawcross, however, the risks had to be taken, despite...
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