LEADER 03304nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910819650303321 005 20230721012154.0 010 $a0-7486-7210-9 010 $a1-282-62014-2 010 $a9786612620140 010 $a0-7486-3164-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748631643 035 $a(CKB)2560000000011165 035 $a(EBL)537007 035 $a(OCoLC)638860134 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430344 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11280501 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430344 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10453056 035 $a(PQKB)10751308 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC537007 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL537007 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10391778 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL262014 035 $a(DE-B1597)614526 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748631643 035 $a(OCoLC)1306541781 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000011165 100 $a20100204d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe United States and Iraq since 1979$b[electronic resource] $ehegemony, oil and war /$fSteven Hurst 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2768-5 311 $a0-7486-2767-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 236-258) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Untitled 330 $aThis 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 h 606 $aHISTORY / General$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zIraq 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1977-1981 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1981-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$y1979-1991 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$y1991-2003 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$y2003- 615 7$aHISTORY / General. 676 $a327.730567 700 $aHurst$b Steven$01613512 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819650303321 996 $aThe United States and Iraq since 1979$93942868 997 $aUNINA