Bernard Roshco is a journalist, a scholar, and a former government official.
When Policy Fails: How the Buck Was Passed When Kuwait Was Invaded
December 1, 1992
A paper by Bernard Roshco, spring 1992 fellow, analyzes the failures of the Bush administration’s policies toward Iraq prior to the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and the failings of the press in reporting on them. Roshco explores numerous questions. Why did President Bush and Secretary of State James Baker misread Hussein’s motivations so badly?
