The Road to Iraq : the Making of a Neoconservative War.

A rigorous investigation into the socio-political milieu that produced the Iraq war. Despite all that has been written on it, the Iraq war - its causes, agency and execution - has been shrouded in an ideological mist. Now, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad dispels the myths surrounding the war, taking a sociolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2014.
Series:Edinburgh scholarship online.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt14brwws
Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Imprint; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part 1 The Argument; Introduction; 1 Black Gold and Red Herrings; Part 2 The Rise of the Neoconservatives; 2 Origins and Interests; 3 Ideology and Institutions; 4 Setting the Agenda; 5 Selling the War; Part 4 The Debate; Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.