The Road to Iraq : : The Making of a Neoconservative War / / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad.
A rigorous investigation into the socio-political milieu that produced the Iraq warDespite all that has been written on it, the Iraq war - its causes, agency and execution - has been shrouded in an ideological mist. Now, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad dispels the myths surrounding the war, taking a sociologi...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 3 B/W illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 The Argument -- Part 2 The Rise of the Neoconservatives -- Part 3 The Case for War -- Part 4 The Debate -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | A rigorous investigation into the socio-political milieu that produced the Iraq warDespite all that has been written on it, the Iraq war - its causes, agency and execution - has been shrouded in an ideological mist. Now, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad dispels the myths surrounding the war, taking a sociological approach to establish the war's causes, identify its agents and describe how it was sold. Ahmad presents a social history of the war's leading agents - the neoconservatives - and shows how this ideologically coherent group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to overwhelm a sceptical foreign policy establishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus, propelling the US into a war that a significant portion of the public opposed. The book includes an historical exploration of American militarism and of the increased post-WWII US role in the Middle East, as well as a reconsideration of the debates that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt sparked after the publication of The Israel lobby and US Foreign Policy. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780748693047 9783110780451 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780748693047?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Muhammad Idrees Ahmad. |