The war in Iraq is a divisive issue in the United States, and historians and pundits will spend decades the conflict's causes, conduct, and consequences. Iraq Uncensored, an initiative of the bipartisan American Security Project, is neither pro-war nor antiwar, but an effort to begin to develop collective wisdom from our experience. Cutting across gender, generational, and party lines, ASP engaged leading figures form across American society to take a fresh look at the war in Iraq and offer unique perspectives and lessons for all of us to consider about the use of American power in all its forms. With thought-provoking contributions from more than two-dozen military and congressional leaders, members of the media, academics, religious thinkers, and many others, Iraq Uncensored begins an open dialogue about who we are as a people and how we can bets achieve our security.