{"product_id":"the-long-road-to-baghdad-lloyd-c-gardner-9781595580757","title":"The Long Road to Baghdad: A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from the 1970s to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning new narrative of the road to America's \"new longest war,\" one of the nation's premier diplomatic historians excavates the deep historical roots of the U.S. misadventure in Iraq. Lloyd Gardner's sweeping and authoritative narrative places the Iraq War in the context of U.S. foreign policy since Vietnam, casting the conflict as a chapter in a much broader story--in sharp contrast to the host of recent accounts, which focus almost exclusively on the decisions (and deceptions) in the months leading up to the invasion. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbove all, Gardner illuminates a vital historical thread connecting Walt Whitman Rostow's defense of U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia, Zbigniew Brzezinski's renewed attempts to project American power into the \"arc of crisis\" (with Iran at its center), and, in the aftermath of the Cold War, the efforts of two Bush administrations, in separate Iraq wars, to establish a \"landing zone\" in that critically important region. \u003cp\u003eFar more disturbing than a reckless adventure inspired by conservative ideologues or a simple conspiracy to secure oil (though both ingredients were present in powerful doses), Gardner's account explains the Iraq War as the necessary outcome of a half-century of doomed U.S. policies. \u003ci\u003eThe Long Road to Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading, with sobering implications for a positive resolution of the present quagmire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd C. Gardner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595580751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595580757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2008 pg. 856\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2008 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2008 pg. 83","brand":"Lloyd C. Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985265524991,"sku":"9781595580757","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ceafd7a5-30eb-4c54-95d5-b63161806aba.jpg?v=1683276537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-road-to-baghdad-lloyd-c-gardner-9781595580757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}