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The United States and Iraq Since 1979: Hegemony, Oil and War
Steven Hurst
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Description for The United States and Iraq Since 1979: Hegemony, Oil and War
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and places the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
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 has been shaped above all by the ... Read more
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 has been shaped above all by the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748627684
SKU
V9780748627684
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About Steven Hurst
Steven Hurst is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has written three previous books on American foreign policy including The Foreign Policy of the Bush Administration: In Search of a New World Order (1999) and Cold War US Foreign Policy: Key Perspectives (2005).
Reviews for The United States and Iraq Since 1979: Hegemony, Oil and War
Steven Hurst has written a first-rate and very readable book. This is an authoritative and comprehensive explanation of the most important and controversial foreign policy adventure that the United States has embarked upon in the post-Cold War era. Hurst manages to confidently tell this complex and multifaceted story without resorting to polemics, moralising or simplistic generalisations.
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