| The Return of the State of War: A Theoretical Analysis of Operation Iraqi Freedom Contributor(s): Battistella, Dario (Author) |
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ISBN: 095524885X ISBN-13: 9780955248856 Publisher: ECPR Press OUR PRICE: $53.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 Annotation: The Return Of The State Of War is an attempt to understand the meaning of the war waged by the United States against Saddam Hussein in 2003. Dario Battistella claims that the war fought by the United States against Iraq signifies the return of Hobbesian values, showing that the Lockean norms, which Americans themselves have sought to consolidate since joining the international system, have progressively been abandoned by the American administration. Battistella evaluates the impact of this unusual behavior upon the evolution of the contemporary international system and analyzes the different causes behind the decision to launch Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Military - Iraq War (2003-2011) |
| Dewey: 956 |
| Series: ECPR Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On 18 March 2003, the United States attacked Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On 16 January 1991, the US had attacked Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. The two wars were radically different. Whereas Operation Desert Storm had been launched with the hope that a new world order might emerge, Operation Iraqi Freedom signified the return of an imperial America unilaterally resorting to preventive warfare representative of a Hobbesian conception of international politics. Why did the promise of a privileged resort to peaceful inter-state conflict resolution implied during the first Gulf War give way to the explicit triumph of the 'might-is-right' principle during the second Gulf War? Is the shift in America's foreign behaviour but a mere parenthesis or potentially the first stage of a long term process likely to undermine the currently prevailing Lockean anarchy? This book aims to answer some of these questions. |
