Book Scrutinizes U.S. Ideas That Led to Iraq War

from National Public Radio

Fred Kaplan, author of Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power, says the Bush administration's world view is based on several misconceptions. For one, he says, the administration thought of freedom as a gift from God, without understanding the practical requirements of developing democracies.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, February 8, 2008