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UNINA9910819650303321 |
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Autore |
Hurst Steven |
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Titolo |
The United States and Iraq since 1979 [[electronic resource] ] : hegemony, oil and war / / Steven Hurst |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-7210-9 |
1-282-62014-2 |
9786612620140 |
0-7486-3164-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / General |
United States Foreign relations Iraq |
Iraq Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 |
United States Foreign relations 1981-1989 |
United States Foreign relations 1989- |
Iraq Foreign relations 1979-1991 |
Iraq Foreign relations 1991-2003 |
Iraq Foreign relations 2003- |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 (p. 236-258) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Map 1: The Middle East; Map 2: Iraq; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1: Towards a New Relationship, 1979-1984; Chapter 2: From a Tilt to an Embrace, 1984-1989; Chapter 3: The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991; Chapter 4: Dual Containment, 1992-2000; Chapter 5: A Second War for Hegemony, 2001-2003; Chapter 6: Things Fall Apart, 2003-2008; Conclusions: American Hegemony after the Iraq War; Bibliography; Untitled |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book represents the first comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and the first attempt to place the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context.Using a modified version of World Systems Theory, |
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