Architects of delusion [[electronic resource] ] : Europe, America, and the Iraq War / / Simon Serfaty

• Autore: Serfaty Simon
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press; [Bristol, : University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.4073
• Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Foreign relations 1997-; United States Foreign relations 2001-2009; France Foreign relations 1995-; Germany Foreign relations 1990-; Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007; United States Politics and government 2001-2009; France Politics and government 1995-2007; Germany Politics and government 1990-
• Soggetto non controllato: European History; History; Political Science; Public Policy; World History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Terms of Estrangement -- CHAPTER TWO. Terms of Endearment -- CHAPTER THREE. Terms of Disparagement -- CHAPTER FOUR. Terms of Entanglement -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Architects of delusion
• ISBN: 0-8122-0342-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787546303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II