The United States and Iraq since 1979 : hegemony, oil and war / Steven Hurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurst, Steven.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.

United States.

Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.

Iraq.

United States--Foreign relations--1977-1981.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Iraq--Foreign relations--1979-1991.

Iraq--Foreign relations--1991-2003.

Iraq--Foreign relations--2003-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book represents the first comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and the first attempt to place the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context.Using a modified version of World Systems Theory, the book places American policy toward Iraq at the centre of a number of dynamics, including America's dominant role in managing the world capitalist system, the fundamental importance of Persian Gulf oil to that system, and long-term change in the American political system.It argues that American policy towards Iraq since 1979 h

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Map 1: The Middle East; Map 2: Iraq; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1: Towards a New Relationship, 1979-1984; Chapter 2: From a Tilt to an Embrace, 1984-1989; Chapter 3: The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991; Chapter 4: Dual Containment, 1992-2000; Chapter 5: A Second War for Hegemony, 2001-2003; Chapter 6: Things Fall Apart, 2003-2008; Conclusions: American Hegemony after the Iraq War; Bibliography; Untitled

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-258) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-7210-9

1-282-62014-2

9786612620140

0-7486-3164-X

OCLC:

638860134