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Learning from Iraq.(BOOKS)(Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition)(Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq)(Book Review)

American Prospect, The,  July, 2005  by Soderberg, Nancy E.

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SANDS OF EMPIRE: MISSIONARY ZEAL, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, AND THE HAZARDS OF GLOBAL AMBITION BY ROBERT W. MERRY Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $26.00

SQUANDERED VICTORY: THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION AND BUNGLED EFFORT TO BRING DEMOCRACY TO IRAQ BY LARRY DIAMOND Times Books, 369 pages, $25.00

AS THE INSURGENCY RAGES ON IN Iraq and the costs in American blood and treasure grow, the debate continues at home about the war and America's role in the world. These two new books plunge into that debate, drawing lessons from Iraq about the dangers of misusing American power. Robert W. ...

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