Ep. 341 Why Iraqi ‘Regime Change’ Was Doomed to Failure
The Tom Woods Show
Tom Woods
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2015
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Book Discussed
Overreach: Delusions of Regime Change in Iraq, by Michael MacDonald
Related Episodes
Ep. 188: Iraq: The Chickens Come Home to Roost (Scott Horton)
Ep. 107: The Lies of Iraq, 11 Years Later (Scott Horton)
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| 0:33.8 | Welcome to the Tom Woods Show, episode 341. I don't know if I have laryngitis or what it is, but my voice is somewhat failing me, so I'm going to do my very best, but if I sound odd today, that's the reason. But I'm very glad to welcome to the show today, Michael McDonald, who is a professor of international relations at Williams College, and he's the |
| 0:56.0 | author of the new book, Overreach, Delusions of Regime Change in Iraq, published by Harvard |
| 1:02.6 | University Press. Professor McDonald received his bachelor's degree from the University of California |
| 1:07.9 | at Berkeley. He also earned his master's and PhD there in political science. |
| 1:14.1 | I'm very glad to turn now to Michael McDonald. |
| 1:16.7 | Remember, of course, the show notes page for today, Tom Woods.com slash 341, where you can find |
| 1:23.1 | Professor McDonald's book, Overreach, very important, very useful book. |
| 1:27.1 | Here we go. Hope you enjoy it. Michael McDonald, thanks for being here.reach, very important, very useful book. Here we go. |
| 1:27.7 | Hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:28.9 | Michael McDonald, thanks for being here. |
| 1:30.7 | Thank you very much, Tom. |
| 1:31.7 | Thanks for inviting me. |
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