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Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees

 
9780748693030: The Road to Iraq: The Making of a Neoconservative War
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ISBN 10: 0748693033 ISBN 13: 9780748693030
Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2014

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The Iraq war – its causes, agency and execution – has been shrouded in an ideological mist. Now, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad dispels the myths surrounding the war, taking a sociological approach to establish the war’s causes, identify its agents and describe how it was sold. Ahmad presents a social history of the war’s leading agents – the neoconservatives – and shows how this ideologically coherent group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to overwhelm a sceptical foreign policy establishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus, propelling the US into a war that a significant portion of the public opposed. The book includes an historical exploration of American militarism and of the increased post-WWII US role in the Middle East, as well as a reconsideration of the debates that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt sparked after the publication of 'The Israel lobby and US Foreign Policy'.

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Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Lecturer in Digital Journalism at the University of Stirling. He has a doctorate in Sociology and his articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Guernica, Adbusters, IPS News, Political Insight and the London Review of Books blog. He has also appeared as a political analyst on the BBC, Al Jazeera, RAI TV, and various international radio channels. He edits Pulsemedia.org.



Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a political sociologist and a Lecturer in Journalism at the University for the Creative Arts. His articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The National, Le Monde Diplomatique, Guernica, Adbusters, IPS News, Political Insight and the London Review of Books blog. He has also appeared as a political analyst on the BBC, Al Jazeera, RAI TV, and various international radio channels. He edits Pulsemedia.org.

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‘A superb analysis of how and why a small band of neoconservatives helped push the United States into a disastrous war. Far from being tough-minded patriots, Ahmad reveals them to be deceitful and manipulative self-promoters who remain influential in policy-making circles, despite the enormous cost of their past follies. His analysis is nuanced, his research comprehensive, and the story he tells is profoundlydisturbing.’Stephen Walt, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University‘This is by far the clearest, most incisive, most comprehensive account I’ve seen of something very like a coup inside the US foreign policy process and the commentariat during the George W. Bush era. Is it not somehow comforting that the transparencyof digital-age media can reveal the folly in American ‘’thinking’’ to a studious scholar abroad and, in this fascinating book, even to Americans?’Christopher Lydon, Radio Open Source, www.radioopensource.orgA rigorous investigation into the socio-political milieu that produced the Iraq warThe Iraq war – its causes, agency and execution – has been shrouded in an ideological mist. This book is an attempt to dispel the myths surrounding the Iraq war, taking a sociological approach to establish the causes, identify its agents and describe how it wassold. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad presents a social history of the war’s leading agents – the neoconservatives – and shows how this ideologically coherent group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to overwhelm a sceptical foreign policyestablishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus and propelled the US into a war that a significant part of the public opposed. The book includes a historical exploration of American militarism and of the increased post-World War II US role in the Middle East,as well as a reconsideration of the debates that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt sparked after the publication of The Israel lobby and US Foreign Policy.Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Lecturer in Journalism at the University for the Creative Arts. His articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The National, Guernica, Le Monde Diplomatique and the London Review of Books blog, among other publications, and he has appeared as a political analyst on the BBC and Al Jazeera and on various international radio channels.Cover image: US 15th Marine Expeditionary manned M1 A © Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesCover design: www.hayesdesign.co.uk

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A superb analysis of how and why a small band of neoconservatives helped push the United States into a disastrous war. Far from being tough-minded patriots, Ahmad reveals them to be deceitful and manipulative self-promoters who remain influential in policy-making circles, despite the enormous cost of their past follies. His analysis is nuanced, his research comprehensive, and the story he tells is profoundlydisturbing. Stephen Walt, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University This is by far the clearest, most incisive, most comprehensive account I ve seen of something very like a coup inside the US foreign policy process and the commentariat during the George W. Bush era. Is it not somehow comforting that the transparencyof digital-age media can reveal the folly in American thinking to a studious scholar abroad and, in this fascinating book, even to Americans? Christopher Lydon, Radio Open Source, www.radioopensource.orgA rigorous investigation into the socio-political milieu that produced the Iraq warThe Iraq war its causes, agency and execution has been shrouded in an ideological mist. This book is an attempt to dispel the myths surrounding the Iraq war, taking a sociological approach to establish the causes, identify its agents and describe how it wassold. Muhammad Idrees Ahmad presents a social history of the war s leading agents the neoconservatives and shows how this ideologically coherent group of determined political agents used the contingency of 9/11 to overwhelm a sceptical foreign policyestablishment, military brass and intelligence apparatus and propelled the US into a war that a significant part of the public opposed. The book includes a historical exploration of American militarism and of the increased post-World War II US role in the Middle East,as well as a reconsideration of the debates that John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt sparked after the publication of The Israel lobby and US Foreign Policy.Muhammad Idrees Ahmad is a Lecturer in Journalism at the University for the Creative Arts. His articles and essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, The National, Guernica, Le Monde Diplomatique and the London Review of Books blog, among other publications, and he has appeared as a political analyst on the BBC and Al Jazeera and on various international radio channels.Cover image: US 15th Marine Expeditionary manned M1 A © Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesCover design: www.hayesdesign.co.uk

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Editore
Edinburgh Univ Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0748693033
ISBN 13 
9780748693030
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
326
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile

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