Melvyn Leffler, author of Confronting Saddam Hussein, speaks on the decisions that led America to war in Iraq in 2003. The reasons why President George W. Bush chose to invade Iraq have been shrouded in uncertainty and controversy. After meticulous research and interviews with numerous high-level offices, Professor Leffler offers a fresh account of the years between the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and the decision to go to war against Iraq in March of 2003.
Melvyn Leffler is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Virginia and one of the world’s leading scholars of U.S. foreign relations. His many award-winning books include For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, The Soviet Union, and the Cold War and A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War. His most recent book is Confronting Saddam Hussein, about the decisions that led America to war in Iraq in 2003.