To Start a War - by Robert Draper (Paperback)

To Start a War is an essential read for anyone interested in understanding the events leading up to the Iraq War.

Draper's fair-minded account provides a vivid picture of a decision-making process fatally compromised by post-9/11 fear and paranoia, rank naivety, craven groupthink, and actors with idées fixes.

The book offers a damning conclusion about the collective scurrying for evidence that would prove to be not just dubious but entirely false - evidence used to justify a verdict that led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and chaos in the Middle East that shows no signs of ebbing.

Engrossing and essential, To Start a War is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand one of the most consequential tragedies of our times and an essential lesson for the future.