Miriam Pemberton, William D. Hartung

Lessons from Iraq (eBook, ePUB)

Avoiding the Next War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history has an upside, it is that the war in Iraq should permanently settle a handful of questions about American conduct in the world. This work traces the recurring American bad habit of starting wars as tryouts for big ideas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317256670
• Artikelnr.: 44366455

Autorenporträt

Miriam Pemberton, William D. Hartung

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Miriam Pemberton; prologue Prologue
Anas Shallal; Part 1 Purposes
Miriam Pemberton
William D. Hartung; Chapter 1 The Dangerous Leap
Neta C. Crawford; Chapter 2 American Imperialism
Chalmers Johnson; Chapter 3 Ideas Floating Free
Frances FitzGerald; Chapter 4 A Motive Hiding in Plain Sight
Michael T. Klare; Chapter 5 To Avoid Future Iraq-Style Quagmires
Reduce U.S. Global Military Presence
Ivan Eland; Part 2 Ways and Means
Miriam Pemberton
William D. Hartung; Chapter 6 Hidden Wounds and Accounting Tricks
Joseph Stiglitz
Linda Bilmes; Chapter 7 Lies
Spies
and Legends
John Prados; Chapter 8 Media Flagstones on the Path to War
Norman Solomon; Chapter 9 America's Slide
Jeffrey Laurenti; Chapter 10 Inspections or Invasion
Hans Blix; Chapter 11 Coalitions of the Coerced
Phyllis Bennis; Part 3 Collateral Damage
Miriam Pemberton
William D. Hartung; Chapter 12 Monarchic Pretensions
Fred Barbash; Chapter 13 Torture No More
Aziz Huq; Chapter 14 The Shadow Army
Janine R. Wedel; Chapter 15 Invitation to Steal
William D. Hartung; Chapter 16 The (Iraq) War on Civil Liberties
Jules Lobel; epilogue Epilogue
C. K. Williams;