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Article: Return to realism.(The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course)(Gulliver Unbound: America's Imperial Temptation And The War In Iraq )(Book Review)
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- The American Prospect
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- August 1, 2005
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THE OPPORTUNITY: AMERICA'S MOMENT TO ALTER HISTORY'S COURSE BY RICHARD N. HAASS Public Affairs, 242 pages, $25.00
GULLIVER UNBOUND: AMERICA'S IMPERIAL TEMPTATION AND THE WAR IN IRAQ BY STANLEY HOFFMANN WITH FREDERIC BOZO Rowman and Littlefield, 168 pages, $19.95
SOME BOOKS DERIVE THEIR SIGNIFICANCE not only from what they say but also from who says it. Such is the case with new book by Richard Haass, director of policy planning at the State Department from 2001 to 2003, who now calmly but comprehensively trashes the strategy and record of the administration in which he served. Concerning the Iraq War, planned and executed while he was in office, Haass ...