Syria and the Chemical Weapons Taboo - Exploiting the Forbidden

Informationen zum Autor Michelle Bentley is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London Klappentext Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the Syria crisis! this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo! demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The chemical weapons taboo Part I: A strategic taboo 2. Setting the redline3. Ghouta and ideological innovation4. Obama's taboo Part II: A failed taboo 5. Chemical weapons and false hierarchies6. Escalating the crisisConclusionIndex

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Bentley, S. C. Bentley, Bentley Michelle
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781526104717
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0471-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: New Approaches to Conflict Ana; New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Syria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Military / United States, International Relations, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, United States of America, USA, Chemical & biological weapons, Chemical and biological weapons