Disarming Iraq by Blix, Hans - 2004

NY: Pantheon Books, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition. Hard cover in fine condition. Text block clean and tight. No markings noted. Dust jacket in fine condition. * From the book, ""This is Dr. Blix's account of what really happened during the months leading up to the declaration of war in March 2003. In riveting descriptions of his meetings with Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Kofi Annan, he conveys the frustrations, the tensions, the pressure and the drama as the clock ticked toward the fateful hour. In the process, he asks the vital questions about the war: Was it inevitable? Why couldn't the U.S. and UK get the backing of the other member states of the UN Security Council? Did Iraq have weapons of mass destruction? What does the situation in Iraq teach us about the propriety and efficacy of policies of preemptive attack and unilateral action?""