Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 270 p)
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maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0748627685
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1282620142
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0748627677
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9781282620148
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9780748627684
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9780748627677
Content:
This book represents the first comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and the first attempt to place the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context.Using a modified version of World Systems Theory, the book places American policy toward Iraq at the centre of a number of dynamics, including America's dominant role in managing the world capitalist system, the fundamental importance of Persian Gulf oil to that system, and long-term change in the American political system.It argues that American policy towards Iraq since 1979 h
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-258) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Map 1: The Middle East; Map 2: Iraq; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1: Towards a New Relationship, 1979-1984; Chapter 2: From a Tilt to an Embrace, 1984-1989; Chapter 3: The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991; Chapter 4: Dual Containment, 1992-2000; Chapter 5: A Second War for Hegemony, 2001-2003; Chapter 6: Things Fall Apart, 2003-2008; Conclusions: American Hegemony after the Iraq War; Bibliography; Untitled
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748631643
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282619691
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The United States and Iraq since 1979 : Hegemony, Oil and War
Language:
English
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