03227nam 2200553 a 450 991046294580332120200520144314.01-4438-4889-1(CKB)2670000000387699(StDuBDS)AH25271764(SSID)ssj0000968965(PQKBManifestationID)12449935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000968965(PQKBWorkID)10986178(PQKB)10553208(MiAaPQ)EBC1220969(Au-PeEL)EBL1220969(CaPaEBR)ebr10722231(CaONFJC)MIL830785(OCoLC)851972394(EXLCZ)99267000000038769920130621d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrVagueness as a political strategy[electronic resource] weasel words in security council resolutions relating to the Second Gulf War /by Giuseppina Scotto di CarloNewcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub.20131 online resource (310 pages) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4438-4657-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.This work proposes a linguistic analysis of whether the use of strategic vagueness in UN Security Council resolutions contributed to the breakout of the Second Gulf War instead of a diplomatic solution to the controversy.Over the last few years, UN resolutions have been repeatedly questioned for the excessive presence of vagueness. In order to overcome the cultural divergences of recipient countries, UN diplomatic texts use vague words quite extensively, which could lead to biased or even strategically-motivated interpretations of resolutions, undermining their legal impact. - - This book proposes a linguistic analysis of whether the use of strategic vagueness in Security Council resolutions has contributed to the breakout of the Second Gulf War instead of a diplomatic solution to the controversy. - - The hypothesis is discussed through an analysis of the UN resolutions relating to the war, and reinforced through an analysis of US legislation related to the authorization for war, revealing how the US has interpreted UN legislation, in order to see how vague expressions used in UN resolutions have allowed the US to interpret them as a means to go to war. - - A second section of the work attempts to understand whether the same patterns have been used in resolutions relating to the Iranian nuclear crisis in 2010, revealing a relationship between the choice of vague linguistic features and the use of intentional vagueness as a political strategy. - - -Iraq War, 2003-2011Iraq War, 2003-2011Diplomatic historyElectronic books.Iraq War, 2003-2011.Iraq War, 2003-2011Diplomatic history.956.704432Carlo Giuseppina Scotto di967503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462945803321Vagueness as a political strategy2196639UNINA