The 2003 Iraq war remains among the most mysterious armed conflicts of modernity. In The Iraq War, John Keegan
offers a sharp and lucid appraisal of the military campaign, explaining just how the coalition forces defeated
an Iraqi army twice its size and addressing such questions as whether Saddam Hussein ever possessed weapons of
mass destruction and how it is possible to fight a war that is not, by any conventional measure, a war at all.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with Donald Rumsfeld and General Tommy Franks, Keegan retraces the steps that led
to the showdown in Iraq, from the highlights of Hussein's murderous rule to the diplomatic crossfire that preceded
the invasion. His account of the combat in the desert is unparalleled in its grasp of strategy and tactics. The
result is an urgently needed and up-to-date book that adds immeasurably to our understanding of those twenty-one
days of war and their long, uncertain aftermath.