The Politics of Good Intentions : : History, Fear and Hypocrisy in the New World Order / / David Runciman.
Tony Blair has often said that he wishes history to judge the great political controversies of the early twenty-first century--above all, the actions he has undertaken in alliance with George W. Bush. This book is the first attempt to fulfill that wish, using the long history of the modern state to...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: September 11 and the New World Order
- PART ONE: Tony Blair, History and Risk
- CHAPTER TWO. Tony Blair and the Politics of Good Intentions
- CHAPTER THREE. Taking a Chance on War: The Worst-Case Scenarios
- CHAPTER FOUR. Taking a Chance on War: Suez and Iraq
- CHAPTER FIVE. Who Knows Best?
- CHAPTER SIX. Weimar Iraq
- PART TWO: Britain, Europe and the United States
- CHAPTER SEVEN. A Bear Armed with a Gun
- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Garden, the Park, the Meadow
- CHAPTER NINE. Two Revolutions, One Revolutionary
- CHAPTER TEN. Epilogue: Virtual Politics
- Notes
- Index