Iraq and the crimes of aggressive war : the legal cynicism of criminal militarism / John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, Anna Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagan, John, 1946- author.

Kaiser, Joshua, 1985- author.

Hanson, Anna, 1985- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Atrocities.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Atrocities.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Moral and ethical aspects.

War crimes--Iraq.

War crimes.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Iraq & the Crimes of Aggressive War

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

From the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni. The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 withdrawal. Examining more than a decade of evidence, this book makes a powerful case that the American war in Iraq constituted a criminal war of aggression.

Contents:

The reign of terror

A shadow of hope

Judging torture in Iraq

Night falls on Baghdad

The separate peace of the Shia

Legal cynicism and Sunni militancy.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316221693

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