The Blair identity : leadership and foreign policy / Stephen Benedict Dyson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyson, Stephen Benedict, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blair, Tony, 1953---Psychology.

Blair, Tony.

Blair, Tony, 1953---Political and social views.

Political leadership.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1997-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style-the Blair identity-manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due to his black-and-white framing of the world, his overwhelming confidence that he could shape events, and his tightly-held, presidential style of government. This new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policy question in the House of Commons during his decade in power in order to develop a portrait of the prime minister as decision maker. Drawing upon original interviews with major political, diplomatic and military figures at the top of British politics, the book reconstructs Blair's wars, tracing his personal influence on British foreign policy and international politics during his tumultuous tenure.

Contents:

Blair's wars

Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy

Tony Blair's personality and leadership style

The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions

September 11 and the 'war on terror'

Iraq: Blair's war

Postwar Iraq

The Blair balance sheet.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78170-217-9

1-84779-290-1

OCLC:

818847410