We are living amidst the fallout of the most controversial conflict of our times. This book is a tough examination of how and why it was fought and of its continuing effects.This major new work contains analysis of the Iraq War from several different academic, as well as military perspectives. Its emphasis is on the links between US foreign policy, US strategy and the US conduct of war and it also covers Iraqi grand strategies, the consequences of the War for transatlantic relations, and includes a chapter on the International Law dimension. In scrutinzing the war and the behaviour of its main parties, the editors draw upon international relations, political science, strategic thought and military theory, plus international law and media studies. For those wishing to understand the Iraq war from a very wide range of rigorous perspectives, this is a must-read.
Author(s): J. Hellenberg
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 272
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series Title......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 12
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 13
1 PUZZLES AND PROPOSITIONS OF THE IRAQ WAR......Page 16
Part I POLITICS AND STRATEGY BEFORE THE WAR......Page 31
2 WHAT WERE THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S GOALS IN INVADING IRAQ?......Page 32
3 THE IRAQ WAR AND THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP......Page 46
4 RUSSIA’S CHOICE......Page 65
5 IRAQ’S POLITICAL STRATEGY BEFORE AND DURING THE WAR......Page 79
6 SWEDEN, THE WESTERN WORLD AND THE WAR THAT SAW THE BIRTH OF IRAQ......Page 97
7 THE IRAQ WAR AND INTERNATIONAL LAW......Page 114
Part II THEORY AND STRATEGY DURING THE WAR......Page 134
8 BRUTE FORCE OR COERCION......Page 135
9 DOCTRINE, EXPERTISE AND ARMS IN COMBINATION......Page 156
10 THE IRAQ AIR WAR IN 2003......Page 174
11 THE STRUGGLE FOR CREDIBILITY DURING THE IRAQ WAR......Page 193
12 CONCLUSIONS......Page 210
INDEX......Page 224
