UID:
edoccha_9961612436402883
Format:
1 online resource (0 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
3-031-61273-6
Series Statement:
Frontiers of Globalization Series
Note:
Intro -- Foreword -- Narrating the Logic of Pax Americana -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Praise for Pax Americana -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Pax Americana and the Dissolution of Arab States -- The Plagues of Pax Americana -- The 1991 Gulf War Initiated a New Era -- From 'Dual Containment' to 'Regime Change' -- The Occupation of Iraq and the New Regime -- Pax Americana in the Middle East Since 1990 -- References -- Chapter 2: Iraq Burning -- Ending 'States That Sponsor Terrorism' -- Ideological Imperatives for a 'New' Iraq: The Neoconservative Movement -- Theory to Practice: The Modalities of State-Ending in Iraq -- Death Squads as a Foreign Policy Tool -- 'Of Course It's About Oil' -- The Israeli Example: State Destruction and Chaos in Palestine -- Cultural Cleansing Through Engineered Chaos -- Planned Chaos in Iraq and Syria -- The Social Consequences of State-Ending in Iraq -- References -- Chapter 3: Kurdistan and the Iraqi State -- Introduction -- Failure to Secure a Democratic Post-Ba'athist state -- Corruption and Human Rights Abuses -- Promotion of Islamist Sectarian-Orientated Factions -- The Opposition in Exile -- Lost Opportunities to Build a Federal Iraq -- Historical Failure of the Kurds in State-Building -- References -- Chapter 4: Two Faces of Pax Americana -- Introduction -- The Rise of Pax Americana -- Empire of Lies -- Empire of Chaos -- The Decline of Pax Americana -- References -- Chapter 5: Epilogue -- Sectarianism and Political Immobility in Iraq -- Pax Americana and the War of NATO Enlargement -- The Fog of Empire -- The BRICS and Axis of Resistance Challenge Pax Americana -- References -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-031-61272-8
Language:
English
