LEADER 03227nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910462945803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4438-4889-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000387699 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25271764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000968965 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12449935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000968965 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10986178 035 $a(PQKB)10553208 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1220969 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1220969 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10722231 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL830785 035 $a(OCoLC)851972394 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000387699 100 $a20130621d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVagueness as a political strategy$b[electronic resource] $eweasel words in security council resolutions relating to the Second Gulf War /$fby Giuseppina Scotto di Carlo 210 $aNewcastle upon Tyne $cCambridge Scholars Pub.$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (310 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-4438-4657-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bOver 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. - - - 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDiplomatic history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xDiplomatic history. 676 $a956.704432 700 $aCarlo$b Giuseppina Scotto di$0967503 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462945803321 996 $aVagueness as a political strategy$92196639 997 $aUNINA