The Gulf Conflict and international relations / Ken Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Ken, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive analysis and review of the major events and the leading actors of the Gulf War. Copies of key documents and essential factual information build up a picture of the realities of war in the Middle East but the material is set in a strong theoretical framework. This allows the author to see the conflict within the context of the international system and to relate it to the changes of the post-cold-war world.Matthews looks at the shifts in international order which dictated the nature of the international response to the war, but also at the new conditi

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction: the Middle East and the study of international relations; The Middle East in historical context; Crisis: the provocation and the protagonists; The United Nations and the Gulf conflict; The diplomacy of crisis; The Gulf conflict and international law; The laws of war and the Gulf conflict; Morality and the Gulf conflict; The economic dimension of the Gulf conflict; War, strategy and the Gulf conflict; The aftermath; Appendices; Gazetteer of states involved in the Gulf crisis; Chronology of the Gulf conflict; Maps

DocumentsStatistics of the Gulf War; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-325) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-90457-6

1-134-90458-4

1-138-16155-1

1-280-02401-1

0-203-35954-2

9786610024018

9780203359549

OCLC:

437082011