02596nam 2200589 a 450 991046520410332120200520144314.01-78170-217-91-84779-290-1(CKB)2560000000085840(EBL)1069647(OCoLC)818847410(SSID)ssj0000712729(PQKBManifestationID)12332403(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712729(PQKBWorkID)10651210(PQKB)10162768(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085689(MiAaPQ)EBC1069647(OCoLC)1132225048(MdBmJHUP)muse78112(Au-PeEL)EBL1069647(CaPaEBR)ebr10623314(CaONFJC)MIL843588(EXLCZ)99256000000008584020100429d2009 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe Blair identity[electronic resource] leadership and foreign policy /Stephen Benedict DysonManchester ;New York Manchester University Press20091 online resource (174 p.)Includes index.0-7190-7999-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Blair's wars -- Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy -- Tony Blair's personality and leadership style -- The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions -- September 11 and the 'war on terror' -- Iraq: Blair's war -- Postwar Iraq -- The Blair balance sheet.Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style - the Blair identity - manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due to his black-and-white framing of the world, his overwhelming confidence that he could shape events, and his tightly-held, presidential style of government. In this new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership, Dyson analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policyPolitical leadershipGreat BritainForeign relations1997-Electronic books.Political leadership.327.41Dyson Stephen Benedict1039902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465204103321The Blair identity2462378UNINA