Lessons from iraq avoiding the next war pemberton miriam hartung william d 9781594514999 books amazonca. Editors note the following is from the introduction to lessons from iraq avoiding the next war in january of 2007 former senator george mcgovern was in washington to give a lunchtime speech at the national press club laying out his plan for ending the us war in iraq he spent the previous morning sitting a few blocks away in a conference room at the institute for policy studies trying . Lessons from iraq avoiding the next war the iraq war disaster could actually have an upside of sorts it should put quite a few policies and practices permanently off limits heres a list to argue about may 5 2008 william d hartung miriam pemberton ips research fellow and fpif peace and security editor miriam pemberton has teamed up with new america foundation scholar william d . This book provides a list of those questions and even ventures some answers in the form of key lessons from iraq the idea of assembling lessons as tools for avoiding the next war is less of a stretch than it seems given the group of writers represented here they include a nobel prize winning economist the former chief un weapons inspector . Lessons from iraq book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers if what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in us hi