Channels of Power : : The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq /

Channels of Power : : The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq / / Alexander Thompson.

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When President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so without the explicit approval of the Security Council. His father's administration, by contrast, carefully funneled statecraft through the United Nations and achieved Council authorization for the U.S.-led Gu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Thompson, Alexander,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2010]
©2011
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 10 tables, 3 charts/graphs, 6 line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. The Power of International Organizations
  • 2. Coercion, Institutions, and Information
  • 3. The Security Council in the Gulf War, 1990-1991
  • 4. Coercive Disarmament: The Interwar Years
  • 5. The Second Iraq War: Down the UN Path, 2002-2003
  • 6. The Second Iraq War: Bypassing the Security Council
  • 7. Conclusion: How the Security Council Matters
  • Appendix: Selected Security Council Resolutions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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