Regime Change Consensus - Iraq in American Politics, 1990-2003

The Regime Change Consensus offers a compelling look at how the United States pivoted from a policy of containment to regime change in Iraq after September 11, 2001, and traces how a coalition of political actors successfully argued that the totalitarian rule of Saddam Hussein's regime meant containment was a doomed policy.

List of contents

Introduction: 1. A Hope, Not a Policy: Containment and Regime Change During the Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991; 2. The Fallout From Victory: Containment and its Critics, 1991-1992; 3. The Long Watch: The High Years of Containment 1994-1996; 4. Saddam Must Go: Entrenching the Regime Change Consensus, 1997-2000; 5. Not Whether, But How and When: The Iraq Debate from 9/11 to the Invasion; Conclusion: Containment, Liberalism and the Regime; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Joseph Stieb is Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College. His articles and essays can be found in Diplomatic History, Modern American History, The International History Review, War on the Rocks, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and American Purpose.

Summary

The Regime Change Consensus offers a compelling look at how the United States pivoted from a policy of containment to regime change in Iraq after September 11, 2001, and traces how a coalition of political actors successfully argued that the totalitarian rule of Saddam Hussein's regime meant containment was a doomed policy.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Stieb, Joseph (Ohio State University) Stieb
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108978385
• ISBN: 978-1-108-97838-5
• No. of pages: 281
• Series: Military, War, and Society in Modern American History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, military history, HISTORY / United States / General, International Relations, United States of America, USA, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, History of the Americas, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999