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UNINA9910511346503321 |
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Autore |
Malik Ahmed Ijaz |
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Titolo |
US foreign policy and the Gulf Wars : decision-making and international relations / / Ahmed Ijaz Malik |
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London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-7556-0865-8 |
1-322-66653-9 |
0-85772-530-0 |
0-85773-890-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Collana |
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The library of international relations ; ; 69 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
Persian Gulf War, 1991 |
Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies |
Middle East Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Middle East |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-285) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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; Introduction -- ; Part 1 Development of the theoretical perspective -- ; 1. Post-cold war academic and intellectual arguments on the use of force by the development of liberal cosmopolitan discourses -- ; 2. Post-cold war realist and neoconservative discourses on US foreign policy -- ; Part 2 Discursive analysis comprising factual data analysis -- ; 3. President G.H.W. Bush's administration and the 1991 Gulf War -- ; 4. President G.W. Bush's administration, 9/11, the 2003 Gulf War and 2005 elections in Iraq -- ; Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The US-led coalition which launched an invasion of Iraq on 20 March 2003 led to a decade-long military presence in the country. In the run-up to that invasion, many comparisons were made with the 1991 Gulf War. Ahmed Ijaz Malik takes these two instances of military intervention by Republican US governments to highlight how the official discourse of leaders and decision-makers has an impact on foreign policy and its results. By taking these two examples, he examines how discourse affects real events, and the extent to which the legacy of the |
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