Iraqi Perspectives Project

In the foreword to the book, General Anthony Cucolo writes: Though this project is an important initial step, we acknowledge the history of OIF is far from complete.

Researchers continue to locate, translate, and analyze information that will shed new light on our former adversary's perspective of the conflict.

[3]A shorter analysis of these documents by the study's principal authors (Pentagon analysts Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray) entitled "Saddam's Delusions" argues that the documents above confirm that Saddam's overall strategic calculus was based on misinformation and faulty judgment about the country's confrontation with the United States.

For example, the authors wrote: "As far as can be determined from the interviews and records reviewed so far, there was no national plan to embark on a guerrilla war in the event of a military defeat.

Buoyed by his earlier conviction that the Americans would never dare enter Baghdad, Saddam hoped to the very last minute that he could stay in power.