Voting for war : a U.S. congressman's awakening to the lies behind the Iraq invasion / Walter B. Jones, Jr., with Taylor Sisk ; foreword by Rufus L. Edmisten.
| Author/creator |
Jones, Walter B. (Walter Beaman), 1943-2019 author. |
| Other author/creator | Sisk, Taylor, author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2021] |
| Description | viii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Portion of title | U.S. congressman's awakening to the lies behind the Iraq invasion |
| Contents | Foreword / by Rufus L. Edmisten -- Prologue -- Where I come from -- On the Hill and in my district -- September 11 -- Building a case for war -- My mounting skepticism -- Michael Bitz -- Awakening -- Letter writing -- Action today, change for tomorrow -- Moving ahead -- Epilogue / by Taylor Sisk -- Appendix. |
| Abstract | "The moment came at a funeral for a soldier. Republican Congressman Walter Jones (North Carolina, 3rd District) had voted to go to war in Iraq but had begun to question that decision, and the dubious claims by the Bush administration that Saddam Hussein harbored weapons of mass destruction. At the service for U.S. Marine Michael Bitz--killed three days into the war--Jones saw Bitz's two-year-old son, Joshua, and was overcome with grief. Jones, whose district is home to Camp Lejeune and two Marine Corps air stations, set out to learn the truth--and was compelled to publicly acknowledge he had made "a grievous mistake." "We were lied to about the justifications for going to war in Iraq," he writes. "I was lied to; the nation was lied to." In these pages, with insights from family, colleagues, and former members of the military, Jones recounts his journey to becoming a more independent thinker, a renegade within his party and a more faithful public servant"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2021037339 |
| ISBN | 9781476686066 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1476686068 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Joyner | Special Collections Authors | DS79.757 .J66 2021 | ✔ Available | Request Material | |
| Joyner | NC Stacks | DS79.757 .J66 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |