The Grim Lessons for America from Iraq
Richard N. Haass assesses the lessons of the Iraq war, concluding that wars of choice will in the future be harder to wage.
Speaker: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
May 8, 2009
Listen to CFR President Richard N. Haass discuss his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, with educators as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.
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