04374nam 2200757Ia 450 991078754630332120220307214530.00-8122-0342-910.9783/9780812203424(CKB)2670000000418232(OCoLC)859160859(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748500(SSID)ssj0000980682(PQKBManifestationID)11549500(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980682(PQKBWorkID)10969609(PQKB)11665384(OCoLC)868219423(MdBmJHUP)muse29102(DE-B1597)449198(OCoLC)979954196(DE-B1597)9780812203424(Au-PeEL)EBL3442111(CaPaEBR)ebr10748500(CaONFJC)MIL682372(MiAaPQ)EBC3442111(EXLCZ)99267000000041823220070829d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrArchitects of delusion[electronic resource] Europe, America, and the Iraq War /Simon SerfatyPhiladelphia, Pa. University of Pennsylvania Press ;[Bristol University Presses Marketing, distributor]c20081 online resource (181 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51090-3 0-8122-4060-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Introduction --CHAPTER ONE. Terms of Estrangement --CHAPTER TWO. Terms of Endearment --CHAPTER THREE. Terms of Disparagement --CHAPTER FOUR. Terms of Entanglement --NOTES --INDEX --ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe commencement of war in Iraq in 2003 was met with a variety of reactions around the globe. In Architects of Delusion, Simon Serfaty presents a historical analysis of how and why the decision to wage war was endorsed by some of America's main European allies, especially Britain, and opposed by others, especially France and Germany. Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Jacques Chirac, and Gerhard Schroeder were, Serfaty argues, the architects of one of the most serious crises in postwar transatlantic relations. These four heads of state were the victims not only of their personal delusions but also of those of the nations they led. They all played the hand that their countries had dealt them-the forceful hand of a righteous America, the principled acquiescence of a faithful Britain, the determined intransigence of a quarrelsome France, and the ambiguous "new way" of a recast Germany. Serfaty's deft interweaving of the political histories and cultures of the four countries and the personalities of their leaders transcends the Europe-bashing debate sparked by the Iraq invasion. He contends that not one of these four leaders was entirely right or entirely wrong in his approach to the others or to the issues, before and during the war. For the resulting wounds to heal, though, and for the continuity of transatlantic relations, he reminds us that the United States and France must end their estrangement, France and Britain must resolve their differences, Germany must carry its weight relative to both France and Britain, and the United States must exert the same visionary leadership for the twenty-first century that it showed during its rise to preeminence in the twentieth century.Iraq War, 2003-2011Great BritainForeign relations1997-United StatesForeign relations2001-2009FranceForeign relations1995-GermanyForeign relations1990-Great BritainPolitics and government1997-2007United StatesPolitics and government2001-2009FrancePolitics and government1995-2007GermanyPolitics and government1990-European History.History.Political Science.Public Policy.World History.Iraq War, 2003-2011.327.4073Serfaty Simon571321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787546303321Architects of delusion3809441UNINA