The regime change consensus : Iraq in American politics, 1990-2003 / Joseph Stieb, Ohio, State University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stieb, Joseph, author.

Series:

Military, war, and society in modern American history.

Military, war, and society in modern American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.

United States.

Iraq--Politics and government--1991-2003.

Iraq.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Why did the United States invade Iraq, setting off a chain of events that profoundly changed the Middle East and the US global position? The Regime Change Consensus offers a compelling look at how the United States pivoted from a policy of containment to regime change in Iraq after September 11, 2001. Starting with the Persian Gulf War, the book traces how a coalition of political actors argued with increasing success that the totalitarian nature of Saddam Hussein's regime and the untrustworthy behavior of the international coalition behind sanctions meant that containment was a doomed policy. By the end of the 1990s, a consensus belief emerged that only regime change and democratization could fully address the Iraqi threat. Through careful examination, Joseph Stieb expands our understanding of the origins of the Iraq War while also explaining why so many politicians and policymakers rejected containment after 9/11 and embraced regime change.

Contents:

A Hope, Not a Policy: Containment and Regime Change during the Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991

The Fallout from Victory: Containment and Its Critics, 1991-1992

The Long Watch: the High Years of Containment, 1993-1996

Saddam Must Go: Entrenching the Regime Change Consensus, 1997-2000

Not Whether, but How and When: the Iraq Debate from 9/11 to the Invasion

Conclusion: Containment, Liberalism, And The Regime.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-97681-6

1-108-97600-X

1-108-97421-X

OCLC:

1228189520