Michelle Bentley

Syria and the chemical weapons taboo

Exploiting the forbidden

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781526104717
• ISBN-10: 1526104717
• Artikelnr.: 45606318

Autorenporträt

Michelle Bentley is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The chemical weapons taboo Part I: A strategic taboo 2.
Setting the redline 3. Ghouta and ideological innovation 4. Obama's taboo
Part II: A failed taboo 5. Chemical weapons and false hierarchies 6.
Escalating the crisis Conclusion Index