Lewis D. Solomon is Van Vleck Research Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School. He is the author of numerous books, among them From Athens to America: Virtues and the Formulation of Public Policy (2006), The Quest for Human Longevity (2006), and In God We Trust? Faith-based Organizations and the Quest to Solve America's Social Ills (2003).

"Solomon provides a hagiographic profile of the ideas and actions of prominent neoconservative and Iraq War architect, Paul D. Wolfowitz, just recently forced to resign as head of the World Bank. Rather than attempt a comprehensive account of Wolfowitz's life and career, Solomon has chosen to focus on key moments as Wolfowitz traveled through the State Department, academia, the Pentagon, and the World Bank as means of illustrating the following themes: Wolfowitz's coupling of his longstanding quest to promote democracy overseas with US strategic national security and geopolitical interests, his belief in the global custodianship of the United States due because of its military superiority, his optimistic assessment of US capabilities in terms of money and commitment, and his support of the preemption of perceived threats." - Reference & Research Book News

• Chapter 1. Introduction 1Chapter 2. The Personal and Intellectual Roots of Paul Wolfowitz's Worldview 9Chapter 3. Wolfowitz, the Practical Idealist 20Chapter 4. Wolfowitz Views the United States as the World's Sole Superpower 42Chapter 5. The Road to Baghdad, Part One: Operation Desert Storm 55Chapter 6. The Road to Baghdad, Part Two: Operation Enduring Freedom 71Chapter 7. The Road to Baghdad, Part Three: Operation Iraqi Freedom 85Chapter 8. The Aftermath of the War and the Quest for Democracy in Iraq and Elsewhere in the Middle East 100Chapter 9. Wolfowitz at The World Bank 129Postscript 152Notes155Selected Bibliography199Index201

Lewis D. Solomon is Van Vleck Research Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School. He is the author of numerous books, among them From Athens to America: Virtues and the Formulation of Public Policy (2006), The Quest for Human Longevity (2006), and In God We Trust? Faith-based Organizations and the Quest to Solve America's Social Ills (2003).

"Solomon provides a hagiographic profile of the ideas and actions of prominent neoconservative and Iraq War architect, Paul D. Wolfowitz, just recently forced to resign as head of the World Bank. Rather than attempt a comprehensive account of Wolfowitz's life and career, Solomon has chosen to focus on key moments as Wolfowitz traveled through the State Department, academia, the Pentagon, and the World Bank as means of illustrating the following themes: Wolfowitz's coupling of his longstanding quest to promote democracy overseas with US strategic national security and geopolitical interests, his belief in the global custodianship of the United States due because of its military superiority, his optimistic assessment of US capabilities in terms of money and commitment, and his support of the preemption of perceived threats." - Reference & Research Book News

• Chapter 1. Introduction 1Chapter 2. The Personal and Intellectual Roots of Paul Wolfowitz's Worldview 9Chapter 3. Wolfowitz, the Practical Idealist 20Chapter 4. Wolfowitz Views the United States as the World's Sole Superpower 42Chapter 5. The Road to Baghdad, Part One: Operation Desert Storm 55Chapter 6. The Road to Baghdad, Part Two: Operation Enduring Freedom 71Chapter 7. The Road to Baghdad, Part Three: Operation Iraqi Freedom 85Chapter 8. The Aftermath of the War and the Quest for Democracy in Iraq and Elsewhere in the Middle East 100Chapter 9. Wolfowitz at The World Bank 129Postscript 152Notes155Selected Bibliography199Index201