The Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein : deciding on conflict / / Alex Roberto Hybel and Justin Matthew Kaufman

• Autore: Hybel Alex Roberto
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.7044/32
• Soggetto topico: Persian Gulf War, 1991; Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Iraq; Iraq Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations 1989-; United States Military policy
• Altri autori: KaufmanJustin Matthew
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-186) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: Two Surprises, Two Wars, Two Presidents, One Family; Chapter One: Alternative Theories of Foreign Policy-Making; Chapter Two: Two Harmful Surprises; Chapter Three: The Logic of Surprise versus the Logic of Surprise Avoidance; Chapter Four: Two Very Different Wars; Chapter Five: The Apple Sometimes Falls Close to the Tree; Chapter Six: The Absence of a Rational Process; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors present a vital analysis of the foreign policy-making processes of the two Bush administrations prior to the attacks on Iraq. In a thorough comparison, they show how both presidents used historical analogies to evaluate information, relied on instinct to formulate decisions, and drew on moral language to justify their choices.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Bush administrations and Saddam Hussein
• ISBN: 1-137-35702-9; 1-281-36089-9; 9786611360894; 0-230-60114-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817410903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in foreign policy analysis.