The United States and Iraq since 1979 : hegemony, oil and war / / Steven Hurst
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| Autore: |
Hurst Steven
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| Titolo: |
The United States and Iraq since 1979 : hegemony, oil and war / / Steven Hurst
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The United States and Iraq since 1979 |
| 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.: | 9910819650303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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