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Informationen zum Autor David Coates is Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies at Wake Forest University, North Carolina. Joel Krieger is Norma Wilentz Hess Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. Klappentext Why and how did Tony Blair support the US-led invasion of Iraq? Was he justified in doing so? These are the questions that David Coates and Joel Krieger seek to answer in Blair's War - the most authoritative and complete record of the conflict to date. Writing with an exquisite sense of the unfolding drama and an eye for detail, the authors develop the arguments for and against the war and, with unerring fairness, test each argument against the record of what was known, what was suspected, and what was misrepresented. They demonstrate how Blair's determination to stand 'shoulder to shoulder' with America after 9/11 trapped in a tragic logic that took the UK to war. Blair's War blows a hole through each of the justifications for war and offers a detailed, original and compelling set of proposals to return the UK to an ethical foreign policy. The book provides a unique perspective on this latest unsetting turn in the 'special relationship', and is essential reading on both sides of the Atlantic. Zusammenfassung Tony Blair and George Bush may have won the war in Iraq! but they are losing the peace at home. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. 1: The Problem of Blair's War. PART 1: HOW THE WAR HAPPENED. 2: New Labour: A Leading Force for Good in the World?. 3: The American Call to Arms. 4: Answering the Call. PART 2: WHY THE WAR HAPPENED. 5: The Justifications for War. 6: Motives and World Views. PART 3: THE ALTERNATIVE TO WAR. 7: Reflections and Lessons. 8: Towards an Ethical Foreign Policy. Notes. Index.
