Question

• What was the stated purpose of the invasion? • Why did the United States initiate a preemptive war? • Has the United States engaged in preemptive wars in the past? • Were there alternatives to invasion? • Was it reasonable to assume that the U.S. military could defeat the Iraqi military? • What strategy did the United States have for rebuilding the Iraqi government and economy after the fall of Saddam Hussein? • What was the American public asked to do to support the war effort? • What was the human cost of the war on Iraq and on the United States? • What was the economic impact of the war on Iraq and on the United States? • How did the invasion affect relations between the United States and its traditional allies? • How did the invasion affect relations between the United States and other nations of the Middle East?

Answer 1

The Pentagon Papers, officially titled United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg who had worked on the study, and first brought to the attention of the public on the front page of The New York Times in 1971.