Explaining the Iraq War
Subtitle: counterfactual theory, logic and evidence
By: Frank P. Harvey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781107014725; 9781107676589
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; Causes; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Comparative counterfactual analysis and the 2003 Iraq War; title: Leadership, political context(s) and the Iraq War; title: Democratic national security advisers; title: Domestic and congressional politics; title: American intelligence failures and miscalculations; title: Societal pressures and public opinion; title: International politics, global WMD consensus and UN power balancing; title: Hussein's mistakes, miscalculations and misperceptions; title: Summary and implications; title: Conclusion.