03301nam 2200733 a 450 991081965030332120240508002245.00-7486-7210-91-282-62014-297866126201400-7486-3164-X10.1515/9780748631643(CKB)2560000000011165(EBL)537007(OCoLC)638860134(SSID)ssj0000430344(PQKBManifestationID)11280501(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430344(PQKBWorkID)10453056(PQKB)10751308(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092800(MiAaPQ)EBC537007(Au-PeEL)EBL537007(CaPaEBR)ebr10391778(CaONFJC)MIL262014(DE-B1597)614526(DE-B1597)9780748631643(OCoLC)1306541781(EXLCZ)99256000000001116520100204d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe United States and Iraq since 1979 hegemony, oil and war /Steven Hurst1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20091 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2768-5 0-7486-2767-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-258) and index.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; UntitledThis 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, the book places American policy toward Iraq at the centre of a number of dynamics, including America's dominant role in managing the world capitalist system, the fundamental importance of Persian Gulf oil to that system, and long-term change in the American political system.It argues that American policy towards Iraq since 1979 hHISTORY / GeneralbisacshUnited StatesForeign relationsIraqIraqForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations1977-1981United StatesForeign relations1981-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-IraqForeign relations1979-1991IraqForeign relations1991-2003IraqForeign relations2003-HISTORY / General.327.730567Hurst Steven1613512MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819650303321The United States and Iraq since 19793942868UNINA