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How to go to war / Andrew Blick ; in association with Democratic Audit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blick, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War, Declaration of.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 258 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Politico's, 2005.
- Summary:
- Once the fog of war had cleared, the conflict in Iraq become the subject of intense and often heated debate about the constitutional and legal underpinning of Tony Blair's decision to stand shoulder to shoulder in the desert with George Bush. Controversy, too, surrounded British security measures against international terrorism.
- How To Go To War examines historical precedent and practice, from both a domestic and an international point of view, to provide an urgently needed map through a political minefield.
- Contents:
- 2 War Leaders, Ministers and Courtiers 5
- 3 Restraint and Scrutiny 53
- 4 War, the State and Society 103
- 5 Justification and Dissent 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 184275131X
- OCLC:
- 57639055
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