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Beyond the Iraq War - The Promises, Pitfalls and Perils of External Interventionism (Hardcover)
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Beyond the Iraq War - The Promises, Pitfalls and Perils of External Interventionism (Hardcover)
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This book critically analyses the topic of US-led external
interventions in the affairs of developing countries by using one
of the most contested experiments of modern times, namely, the
invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. The March 2003 invasion of Iraq
has so far failed to deliver the benefits and outcomes its
supporters anticipated, prompting international discussion as to
whether the promises of externally-led nation-building (as an
attempt to mould rogue states in a democratic, market-friendly
fashion) are outweighed by the kinds of pitfalls and perils of
intervention that have come to characterise the Iraq experience.
This book identifies and addresses the major issues emerging from
the current debate including the evolution of external
interventionism as an idea, an explanation of what went wrong in
post-Saddam Iraq and why the Iraq experiment is flawed by the Bush
administration's refusal to address long standing political and
historical grievances among Muslims as part of the 'War on Terror'.
The contributors assess the troubled relationship between Islam and
the West, the prospects for democracy in the Middle East, foreign
policy debates in the US, and how economics and politics are
juxtaposed in a highly contentious manner in any project of
externally-driven nation-building. Beyond the Iraq War brings
together scholars and practitioners in an attempt to move beyond
the polemical dimensions of the existing debate and provide a
balanced analysis of what the Iraq enterprise can tell us about the
brand of external interventionism espoused by the Bush
administration and also the lessons it holds for any future
interventions into the affairs of states. It combines a mix of
disciplines, most notably international relations and economics as
well as theory and empirical evidence. The book is written in a
non-technical, but rigorous, manner in order to make complex and
diverse issues accessible to the general reader. This fascinating
and scholarly work will appeal to academics and scholars in the
fields of political economics, political science and international
relations. Policymakers, journalists and media commentators will
also find this work to be of great interest and value.
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