The politics of intelligence and American wars with Iraq / Ofira Seliktar.
| Author/creator | Seliktar, Ofira |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | x, 214 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Middle East in focus Middle East in focus series. ^A610161 |
| Contents | Introduction: the theory and practice of predicting political change -- Paradigmatic views of political change in the Middle East: Arab exceptionalism and the international order -- Paradigms of change and American foreign policy toward Iraq in the 1980s: moderating a totalitarian regime and the road to the Gulf War -- Containing a rogue state: the Iraq policy of the Clinton administration -- September Eleven, the Bush administration and the ascendance of the neoconservative vision of democratic universalism -- The buildup to Operation Iraqi Freedom: implementing democratic universalism -- Operation Iraqi Freedom: the rise and fall of democratic universalism -- Reflections on the Iraqi predictive predicament. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-205) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007027704 |
| ISBN | 0230604536 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230604537 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E 183.8.I57 S44 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |