Endgame: Why the United States Should Not Go It Alone

Larry Diamond - War with Iraq is drawing near. Saddam Hussein clearly has no intention of complying with the U.N. resolutions requiring him to report and surrender his weapons of mass destruction. Most of his neighbors, who are clearly threatened by his hegemonic ambitions, want his regime gone. But how we go to war, and how we manage the postwar reconstruction of Iraq, will decisively shape the long-term effects of this high-risk endeavor.