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OverviewInvading Iraq in 2003 has proved the most deeply divisive political decision of recent times. Despite considerable domestic opposition, the strong reservations of some close allies and the United Nations, and the anger of much of the non-Western world, the US and Britain still controversially decided that they should commit their forces to toppling Saddam Hussein. The Iraq War and Democratic Politics contains the work of leading scholars concerned with the political implications of the Iraq War and its relationship to and significance for democracy. The book shuns simplistic analysis and provides a nuanced and critical overview of this key moment in global politics. Subjects covered include: The underlying moral and political issues raised by the War US foreign policy and the Middle East The fundamental dilemmas and contradictions of democratic intervention How the war was perceived in the UK, EU & US The immense challenges of creating democracy inside Iraq The influential role of NGOs such as the Iraq Body Count website The legitimacy of the war within international law The relationship between democratic government and intelligence. Drawing on specialists in the fields of political theory, international relations, international law and the politics of Iraq, this book is essential reading for all those concerned with the future of democracy. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex Danchev , John MacMillanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9780415351485ISBN 10: 0415351480 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 25 November 2004 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Iraq War and Democratic Politics 2. The Global Setting: US foreign Policy and the Future of the Middle East 3. Bush's War: The Iraq conflict and American Democracy 4. The Neo-Cons: Neo-Conservative Thinking Since the onset of the Iraq War 5. The United Kingdom 6. The European dimension 7. Turkey: Democratic Legitimacy 8. 'It seemed the best thing to be up and go': On the Legal Case for Invading Iraq 9. The Transition to Democracy in Iraq: Historical Legacies, Resurgent Identities and Reactionary Tendencies 10. The Democratic Transition in Iraq and the Discovery of its Limitations 11. Iraq, Political Reconstruction and Liberal Theory 12. Afghanistan and Iraq: Failed States, or Democracy on Hold? 13. The Iraq Body Count Project: Civil Society and the Democratic Deficit 14. Story Development, or, Walter Mitty the Undefeated IndexReviews... illustrates the virtue of academic engagement with current predicaments. <br>-Tim Dunne, Exeter University, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 05/20/2005 <br> Author InformationAlex Danchev is Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham. His research interests include international history, diplomacy, security, and, latterly, culture. Much of his previous work has been biographical. His biography of the philosopher-statesman Oliver Franks (1993) was one of the Observer's 'Books of the Year'. His biography of the military writer Basil Liddell Hart (1998) was listed for the Whitbread Prize for Biography and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. His unexpurgated edition of the Alanbrooke Diaries (2001, with Daniel Todman) was listed for the W. H. Smith Biography Award. John MacMillan is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Brunel University. Recent publications include Boundaries in Question: New Directions in International Relations (edited with Andrew Linklater), On Liberal Peace (1998), 'The Power of the Pen', Millennium (1998), and 'A Kantian Protest Against the Peculiar Discourse of Liberal Peace' (2001) Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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