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Autore: | Kettell Steven <1973-> |
Titolo: | New Labour and the new world order [[electronic resource] ] : Britain's role in the War on Terror / / Steven Kettell |
Pubblicazione: | Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.41 |
Soggetto topico: | Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - Great Britain |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 | |
Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Foreign relations 21st century |
Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007 | |
Great Britain Politics and government 2007- | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 9780719081361; 9780719081361; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Old and new; 3 Barbarians at the gates; 4 Chaos; 5 Above the law; 6 A road well traveled; 7 Brown's war; 8 Elysian fields; 9 Decline and fall; References; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | The war on terror has shaped and defined the first decade of the twenty-first century, yet analyses of Britain's involvement remain limited and fragmentary. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of these developments. It argues that New Labour's support for a militaristic campaign was driven by a desire to elevate Britain's influence on the world stage, and to assist the United States in a new imperialist project of global reordering. Ostensibly set within a political framework of promoting humanitarian values, the government's conduct in the war on terror also proved to be largely count |
Titolo autorizzato: | New Labour and the new world order |
ISBN: | 1-78170-249-7 |
1-84779-458-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910465195703321 |
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