Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: policymaking and intelligence on Iraq / James P. Pfiffner and Mark Phythian -- pt. I. Intellectual antecedents of the Iraq War -- The neoconservative roots of the war in Iraq / John Dumbrell -- The origins of the British decision to go to war: Tony Blair, humanitarian intervention, and the "new doctrine of the international community" / Jim Whitman -- pt. II. The public case for war -- Did President Bush mislead the country in his arguments for war with Iraq? / James P. Pfiffner -- The British road to war: decisionmaking, intelligence, and the case for war in Iraq / Mark Phythian -- Australian use of intelligence and the case for war in Iraq / Rodney Tiffen -- The Iraq War and the management of American public opinion / John Mueller -- pt. III. Intelligence failure -- Intelligence collection and analysis on Iraq: issues for the intelligence community / Richard Kerr ... [et al.] -- The politics and psychology of intelligence and intelligence reform / Robert Jervis -- Congress, the Iraq War, and the failures of intelligence oversight / Loch K. Johnson -- Flawed intelligence, limited oversight: official inquiries into prewar UK intelligence on Iraq / Mark Phythian -- pt. IV. Policy failure -- Decisionmaking, intelligence, and the Iraq War / James P. Pfiffner -- Intelligence, policy, and the war in Iraq / Paul R. Pillar -- pt. V. Excerpts from key speeches and documents.

appendix A. Excerpts from key US speeches before the war in Iraq -- Excerpts from President George W. Bush, State of the Union address, January 29, 2002 -- Vice President Cheney's remarks at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention, August 26, 2002 -- President Bush outlines Iraq threat, remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7, 2002 -- President Bush: State of the Union address, 28 January 2003 -- appendix B. Excerpts from key UK speeches and documents before the war in Iraq -- Tony Blair, 'Doctrine of the international community' speech, Economic Club, Chicago, 24 April 1999 (excerpt) -- Memorandum from foreign policy adviser David Manning to the Prime Minister, 14 March 2002 (excerpt) -- Memorandum from British ambassador to the US, Sir Christopher Meyer, 18 March 2002 -- Minutes: Iraq - Prime Minister's meeting July 23, 2002 -- Prime Minister's foreword to the September 2002 Downing Street dossier (excerpt) -- Prime Minister's Iraq statement to Parliament, 24 september 2002 (excerpts) -- appendix C. October 2002 national intelligence estimate: key judgments (excerpts): Iraq's continuing programs for weapons of mass destruction -- appendix D. Excerpts from post-war US investigations -- appendix E. Open letter to George Tenet from US intelligence professionals, April 28, 2007.