The book deals with the extent and how the American strategic thinking can reach in order to achieve the goals of what it sees to maintain its national security, in order to achieve security, prosperity and the international status of the United States as a great power in the post-cold war world. Iraq was at a high level of American attention and prioritized because of its importance of geo-strategic, economic and political, and because Iraq was one of the first countries in the post-cold war period that the United States of America managed its crisis with it. 

The author sails in  His book goes deep into the thinking of American politicians to discover the extent to which American strategic thinking can reach to maintain the international status of the United States as a great power in the post-cold war world, especially after the attacks of September 11 constituted a shift in strategic thinking that forced politicians and planning centers to formulate new strategies that fit with the nature of international developments represented by the war on terrorism and the reduction of the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

The book highlights the American interest in Iraq because of its geostrategic, economic and political importance, as it was one of the first countries that dominated the United States and was alone in managing its crisis, starting with weakening it, containing it and then occupying it later, to be the station of transition towards the American imperial project according to an integrated strategic vision for the region that includes rearranging it to achieve its vital interests and ensure Israeli superiority.