In the welter of critiques of Tony Blairs leading the UK into the war in Iraq, Patrick Porters stands out for its honesty, deep research, and conclusion that bad ideas, sincerely and widely held, bear primary responsibility. The beliefs that regime change was a moral imperative and required for world security and also that a better government could be readily established produced a combination of fear and confidence that proved lethal. Robert Jervis, Author of How Statesmen Think sakriti opis