LEADER 04374nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910787546303321 005 20220307214530.0 010 $a0-8122-0342-9 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812203424 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418232 035 $a(OCoLC)859160859 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748500 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000980682 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11549500 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980682 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10969609 035 $a(PQKB)11665384 035 $a(OCoLC)868219423 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29102 035 $a(DE-B1597)449198 035 $a(OCoLC)979954196 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812203424 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748500 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682372 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442111 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418232 100 $a20070829d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArchitects of delusion$b[electronic resource] $eEurope, America, and the Iraq War /$fSimon Serfaty 210 $aPhiladelphia, Pa. $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press ;$a[Bristol $cUniversity Presses Marketing, distributor]$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51090-3 311 0 $a0-8122-4060-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tIntroduction --$tCHAPTER ONE. Terms of Estrangement --$tCHAPTER TWO. Terms of Endearment --$tCHAPTER THREE. Terms of Disparagement --$tCHAPTER FOUR. Terms of Entanglement --$tNOTES --$tINDEX --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1997- 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-2009 607 $aFrance$xForeign relations$y1995- 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$y1990- 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1997-2007 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 607 $aFrance$xPolitics and government$y1995-2007 607 $aGermany$xPolitics and government$y1990- 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011. 676 $a327.4073 700 $aSerfaty$b Simon$0571321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787546303321 996 $aArchitects of delusion$93809441 997 $aUNINA