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Professor Roger Petersen's new book is a careful rethinking of the Iraq War
Death, Dominance, and State-Building is now available from Oxford University Press
MIT News
March 1, 2024
“Death, Dominance, and State-Building,” a new book by MIT Professor Roger Petersen, takes a close look at military operations and political dynamics of the Iraq War.
The term “fog of war” expresses the chaos and uncertainty of the battlefield. Often, it is only in hindsight that people can grasp what was unfolding around them.
Now, additional clarity about the Iraq War has arrived in the form of a new book by MIT political scientist Roger Petersen, which dives into the war’s battlefield operations, political dynamics, and long-term impact. The U.S. launched the Iraq War in 2003 and formally wrapped it up in 2011, but Petersen analyzes the situation in Iraq through the current day and considers what the future holds for the country.