1. Ken Adelman, “Cakewalk in Iraq,” Washington Post, February 13, 2002.

2. Rumsfeld, “Iraq: An Illustrative List of Potential Problems to Be Considered and Addressed,” October 15, 2002.

3. Rumsfeld, “Iraq: An Illustrative List of Potential Problems to Be Considered and Addressed,” October 15, 2002.

4. Rumsfeld, “Iraq: An Illustrative List of Potential Problems to Be Considered and Addressed,” October 15, 2002.

5. Rumsfeld, “Iraq: An Illustrative List of Potential Problems to Be Considered and Addressed,” October 15, 2002.

6. Rumsfeld, “Guidelines When Considering Committing U.S. Forces,” March 2001.

7. Judy Dempsey, “NATO Committed to Presence in Bosnia,” Financial Times, May 19, 2001.

8. “The Second Gore-Bush Presidential Debate,” Commission on Presidential Debates, debate transcript, October 11, 2000.

9. Rumsfeld, “Guidelines When Considering Committing U.S. Forces,” March 2001.

10. Zakheim to Rumsfeld, “Report on Contributions to Afghanistan Reconstruction, Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), and Iraq,” April 3, 2003.

11. Rodman to Rumsfeld, “Who Will Govern Iraq?” August 15, 2002.

12. Rodman to Rumsfeld, “Who Will Govern Iraq?” August 15, 2002.

13. Rumsfeld to Cheney et al., “Supporting the Iraqi Opposition,” July 1, 2002.

14. General Richard B. Myers, USAF (Ret.), with Malcolm McConnell, Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security (New York: Threshold Editions, 2009), p. 225.

15. General Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell, American Soldier (New York: Regan Books, 2004), p. 531.

16. Department of State, “Future of Iraq Project,” May 12, 2003.

17. “The Lost Year in Iraq: Planning For a Postwar Iraq,” Frontline, PBS, posted October 17, 2006.

18. Bradley Graham, “Prewar Memo Warned of Gaps in Iraq Plans,” Washington Post, August 18, 2005.

19. John Ware, “Blair Was Warned of Looming Disaster in Iraq,” The Telegraph, October 28, 2007.

20. Feith to Rumsfeld, “Establishing the DoD Postwar Planning Office,” January 9, 2003.

21. Mark Fineman, Robin Wright, and Doyle McManus, “Preparing for War, Stumbling to Peace,” Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2003.

22. Rumsfeld to Secretaries of the Military Departments et al., “Support for the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance,” April 2, 2003.

23. Paul Vallely, “Jay Garner: The US General Waiting to Replace Saddam,” The Independent, April 5, 2003.

24. Jane Perlez, “U.S. Overseer Set to Remake Iraq,” New York Times, April 15, 2003.

25. George Tenet with Bill Harlow, At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), p. 419.

26. George Tenet with Bill Harlow, At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), p. 398.

27. Rumsfeld to Myers, “Planning Guidance for Iraqi Opposition Training,” August 12, 2002.

28. Rumsfeld to Rice, “Military Assistance Under the Iraq Liberation Act (ILA),”August 12, 2002.

29. Rodman to Rumsfeld, “Who Will Govern Iraq?” August 15, 2002.

30. Powell to Rumsfeld et al., [No Subject], March 1, 2003; Marc J. Susser to Powell, “Occupation and Postwar Government: Precedents and Options,” February 28, 2003.

31. OSD Policy, “Iraqi Interim Authority Implementation Concept—Summary,” March 30, 2003; OSD Policy, “Iraqi Interim Authority Action Plan,” March 30, 2003.

32. Rumsfeld, handwritten note, March 11, 2003.