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The United States and Iraq since 1979 [[electronic resource] ] : hegemony, oil and war / / Steven Hurst



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Autore: Hurst Steven Visualizza persona
Titolo: The United States and Iraq since 1979 [[electronic resource] ] : hegemony, oil and war / / Steven Hurst Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina: 327.730567
Soggetto topico: HISTORY / General
Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Iraq
Iraq Foreign relations United States
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981
United States Foreign relations 1981-1989
United States Foreign relations 1989-
Iraq Foreign relations 1979-1991
Iraq Foreign relations 1991-2003
Iraq Foreign relations 2003-
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-258) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
Sommario/riassunto: This 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
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ISBN: 0-7486-7210-9
1-282-62014-2
9786612620140
0-7486-3164-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791262303321
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