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Taylor & Francis Why Did the United States Invade Iraq
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Taylor & Francis Why Did the United States Invade Iraq
Book SynopsisThis edited volume presents the foremost scholarly thinking on why the US invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in both modern US foreign policy and international politics.In the years since the US invasion of Iraq it has become clear that the threat of weapons of mass destruction was not as urgent as the Bush administration presented it and that Saddam Hussein was not involved with either Al Qaeda or 9/11. Many consider the war a mistake and question why Iraq was invaded. A majority of Americans now believe that the public were deliberately misled by the Bush administration in order to bolster support for the war. Public doubt has been strengthened by the growing number of critical scholarly analyses and in-depth journalistic investigations about the invasion that suggest the administration was not candid about its reasons for wanting to take action against Iraq.This volume begins with a survey of private scholarly views about the warâs origins, then assesses the currTrade Review'This edited volume pursues the true causes of the Iraq War. It tests leading explanations of the Iraq war against historical evidence, and updates our historical understanding of events surrounding the war with new evidence that recently surfaced about what information leaders had, what they chose to share with the public, the timing of their decisions behind closed doors. The volume also explores the ideologies that guided these leaders. It will not be the last word on this tragic war, but it reveals how new information can be used to refine our understanding of this important instance of war...' - Stephen Van Evera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Just as scholars continue to debate the origins of World War I, we will never know for certain what motivated George W. Bush to launch a war against Iraq in March 2003. The reasons for this misguided use of American military power are still shrouded in mystery, and the search for truth is clouded by partisanship and ideology. This book pierces that veil. …. The volume demonstrates that it is possible to have a serious and fruitful debate about the Iraq war after the fact, and therefore should help to inform future policy makers as they contemplate the use of force in similar circumstances.' -- Christopher Preble, Cato Institute, Washington DC'What determined and motivated the decision to invade Iraq in 2003, perhaps the greatest debacle in American foreign policy history after Vietnam? This book brings together an excellent band of authors in a vigorous, engaging, and highly informative effort to parse this important issue.’ -- John Mueller, Ohio State UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: Why Did the United States Invade Iraq? 2. Explaining the War in Iraq 3. Ideas, American Grand Strategy, and the War in Iraq 4. Ideas and Entrepreneurs: A Constructivist Explanation of the Iraq War 5. Explaining the Iraq War: The Israel Lobby Theory 6. Neoconservatism and American Hegemony 7. Blood for Oil, in Iraq and Elsewhere 8. Oil and the Decision to Invade Iraq 9. Tony Blair Nurtures the Special Relationship 10. In Pursuit of Primacy: Why the United States Invaded Iraq
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Taylor & Francis Towards International Government Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis Towards International Government Routledge Revivals
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Taylor & Francis Transforming Civil War Prisons
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Taylor & Francis Chemical Warfare During the Vietnam War Riot Control Agents in Combat
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Taylor & Francis Chemical Warfare during the Vietnam War Riot
Book SynopsisDocuments the use of antipersonnel chemical weapons throughout the Vietnam War. This account follows the US program as it progressed from a focus on the humanitarian aspects of non-lethal weapons to their use as a means of augmenting and enhancing the lethality of traditional munitions.Trade ReviewChemical Warfare during the Vietnam War will be of interest to those studying the war or the history of tear gas use in military and police operations. It should be in the library of any institution with programs involving chemical weapons and defense.– H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: PreludeChapter 3: Operation StompChapter 4: TunnelsChapter 5: EscalationChapter 6: NichesChapter 7: Urban CombatChapter 8: Communist OperationsChapter 9: ConclusionAppendices
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Taylor & Francis Civil War America
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Taylor & Francis Civil War America
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Making of the Primitive Baptists
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Taylor & Francis Women During the Civil War
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Taylor & Francis The Vietnam War 19561975 Essential Histories
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Taylor & Francis Themes of the American Civil War
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Taylor & Francis America and the Vietnam War
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Younger Pitt Profiles In Power
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Taylor & Francis The Origins of the Vietnam War Seminar Studies In History
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Civil War America Making a Nation 18481877 Longman History of America
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Taylor & Francis The Origins of the American Civil War Origins Of Modern Wars
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Crusades Volume 8
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Taylor & Francis Ltd British Friends of the American Revolution
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The American Century A History of the United States from 1890 to 1941 Volume 1
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Slavery War and a New Birth of Freedom 1840s1877 History Through Literature
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Colonial Roots
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Early Republic and Rise of National Identity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Slavery War and a New Birth of Freedom 1840s1877 Sharpe Insights
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Taylor & Francis Medicine and Conflict
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Taylor & Francis Conversations with Terrorists
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Power of NeoSlave Fiction and Public History
Book SynopsisProfessional historians, schools, colleges and universities are not alone in shaping higher-order understanding of history. The central thesis of this book is the belief historical fiction in text and film shape attitudes towards an understanding of history as it moves the focus from slavery to the enslavedfrom the institution to the personal, families and feminist accounts.In a broader sense, this contributes to a public history. In part, using the quickly growing corpus of neo-slave counterfactual narratives, this book examines the notion of the emerging slavery public history, and the extent to which this is defined by literature, film and other forms of artistic expression, rather than non-fictionpopular or scholarlyand education in history in the school systems. Inter alia, this book looks to the validity of historical fiction in print or in film as a way of understanding history. A focal point of this book is the hypothesis that neo-slave narrativessupported by selectivTrade Review"The human stories authentically leap from the pages eloquently in Grant Rodwell’s latest book. Painstakingly researched and brilliantly told… simply splendid!An account throughout that is sensitive, colourful and compelling. Composed yet again with rare skill by the remarkable man from Oberon. A book of dramatic sweep and great narrative strength."John Ramsland, Emeritus Professor, University of Newcastle, AustraliaTable of ContentsContentsAbstractDedicationAcronyms and abbreviationsAcknolwedgementsPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: From slavery to the enslaved: new paradigms, neo-slave fiction, a shared history and higher-order historical thinkingChapter 2 Slavery and the enslaved: breaking boundaries with neo-slave narrativesChapter 3 Antebellum neo-slave narratives, history and historiography: higher-order thinking and a public historyChapter 4 The enslaved, slavery, the Civil War and ReconstructionChapter 5 Jim Crow and slavery’s immediate aftermathGeneral conclusionsBibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Warlord Hitler
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of Adolf Hitler in his role as military commander and strategist from the beginning of the Second World War until the end of 1942, examining in detail the campaign in southern Russia that year.The thesis challenges the post-war narrative of Hitler as a dilettante who was solely responsible for the strategic and operational errors that led to Germany's defeat in the war. Instead, this research highlights that decisions made by Hitler with respect to such disparate themes as strategy, operations, logistics, intelligence, economics, air and naval power, and coalition warfare were generally sound if viewed from his perspective, even if they were not ultimately successful. It also gives an overview of his own ideas concerning all aspects of military affairs, such as intelligence, command and morale. The careful analysis of Hitler's decision-making process offers a unique contribution to Second World War scholarship and moves beyond a superficial understanding Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Hitler and War 2. The German Army and High Command to 1939 3. Hitler’s Strategy from the Polish Campaign to the First Russian Winter, 1941-42 4. The Wehrmacht and its Allies 5. Transport and Logistics 6. Military Intelligence and FHO 7. The Campaign Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Spanish Civil War
Book SynopsisThe Spanish Civil War: A Military History takes a new, military approach to the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936 to 1939.In many histories, the war has been treated as a primarily political event with the military narrative subsumed into a much broader picture of the Spain of 19369 in which the chief themes are revolution and counter-revolution. While remaining conscious of the politics of the struggle, this book looks at the war as above all a military event, and as one in whose outbreak specifically military issues particularly the split in the armed forces produced by the long struggle in Morocco (190927) were fundamental. Across nine chapters that consider the war from beginning to endgame, Charles J. Esdaile revisits traditional themes from a new perspective, deconstructs many epics and puts received ideas to the test, as well as introducing readers to foreign-language historiography that has previously been largely inaccessible to an anglophone audienceTrade Review'The Spanish Civil War, for all its social, political and cultural dimensions, was also in essence a military conflict. The military nature, which is often overlooked by historians, is centrepiece in Charles Esdaile’s fascinating new study. Based on an extensive range of old and new sources and lavishly furnished with first-hand accounts throughout, this highly readable history debunks many hallowed myths surrounding the conflict and stresses the role of the Moroccan wars in the divisions within the Spanish army which in 1936 made civil war possible. Our understanding of the Spanish Civil War and Spain’s fateful modern history more broadly will be enriched by this comprehensive work.' Mark Lawrence, Lecturer in Military History, University of Kent, UK'Professor Esdaile brings to this military study of the Spanish Civil War the forensic skills of an accomplished historian and a profound knowledge of Spanish politics and culture as it has been honed during his distinguished career as a scholar of contemporary Iberian politics and society. The scope of this volume includes a close analysis of the sequence of battles and an assessment of the military prowess and preparedness of the Republican and the Nationalist adversaries. Military events in the field are deftly set within their particular political contexts and include as well the daily wartime experiences of soldiers and civilians. This fine volume makes a considerable contribution to Hispanic scholarship. Equally it will appeal to the general reader with an interest in twentieth-century war and as it was played out in the specific conditions of the civil war in Spain.'Judith Keene, University of Sydney, Australia, and author of Fighting for Franco: International Volunteers in Nationalist Spain during the Spanish Civil War (2007) and, with Elizabeth Rechniewski, Seeking Meaning Seeking Justice in a Post Cold War World (2018). Table of ContentsList of Maps Preface Chapter 1: Beginnings Chapter 2: Spain is divided Chapter 3: First campaigns Chapter 4: The battle of Madrid Chapter 5: Winter battles Chapter 6: The war in Euzkadi Chapter 7: Diversions and disasters Chapter 8: Collapse in Aragón Chapter 9: Endgame Appendix 1: Organization of the Spanish Home Army, 1936 Appendix 2: Organization of the Army of Africa, 1936 Appendix 3: Spanish military and naval aviation, 1936 Appendix 4: Spanish Navy, 1936 Appendix 5: Weapons in service with the Spanish Army, 1936 Appendix 6: Obsolete weapons brought back into service, 1936 Appendix 7: Aircraft, tanks and other weapons supplied to Nationalist Spain Appendix 8: Aircraft, tanks and other weapons supplied to Republican Spain Appendix 9: Machine-guns and rifles supplied to the Republic Appendix 10: Foreign aid in the Spanish Civil War Appendix 11: The International Brigades Appendix 12: Nationalist forces engaged in the Assault on Madrid, November 1936 Appendix 13: Nationalist order of battle, campaign in Vizcaya, April 1937 Appendix 14: The Republican Army at the Battle of Brunete Bibliography Index
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Cambridge University Press America the Vietnam War and the World
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Cambridge University Press Vietnam and the American Political Tradition
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Cambridge University Press Spanish Civil War British Labour
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Cambridge University Press Reunion Without Compromise
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Cambridge University Press Iraq Wars America Military Revolut
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Cambridge University Press The Crimean War in the British Imagination 68 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 68
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Cambridge University Press The Iraq Wars and Americas Military Revolution
Book SynopsisMany saw the United States' decisive victory in Desert Storm (1991) as not only vindication of American defense policy since Vietnam but also confirmation of a revolution in military affairs (RMA). Just as information-age technologies were revolutionizing civilian life, the Gulf War appeared to reflect similarly profound changes in warfare. A debate has raged ever since about a contemporary RMA and its implications for American defense policy. Addressing these issues, The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the RMA debate. Focusing on the creation of a reconnaissance-strike complex and conceptions of parallel or nonlinear warfare, Keith L. Shimko finds a persuasive case for a contemporary RMA while recognizing its limitations as well as promise.Trade Review'Did Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom herald a transformation in warfare? In a clearly written examination of these two wars, Shimko's answer is yes. His book advances the debate over the existence and scope of the revolution in military affairs (RMA) by giving defense planners and scholars a framework to judge the evidence themselves. Shimko outlines the key features of the revolution, speculating on what they mean for the low-intensity conflicts of today and how they might shape the high-intensity conflicts of the future. Advocates as well as skeptics of a transformation in warfare will find The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution valuable because it is the most coherent statement to date in support of the RMA.' Jasen J. Castillo, Texas A&M University'In The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution, Keith Shimko offers an informed and fair assessment of the rich yet often disputatious range of views on the evolution and combat use of American military power since Vietnam. In considering the hard investment choices now facing the nation's defense leaders, he has well spotlighted both the merits and the manifest exaggerations on all sides of the debate over the relative strengths and inadequacies of America's transformed warfighting posture from the Persian Gulf War of 1991 to today's very different counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.' Benjamin Lambeth, RAND Corporation'Keith L. Shimko has written a clear and carefully nuanced work on the emergence of the American revolution in military affairs. It should be read by all interested in current defense issues.' Williamson Murray, Ohio State UniversityTable of Contents1. Military revolutions and the Iraq wars; 2. From Vietnam to Iraq - the rebirth of American military power and the origins of an RMA; 3. The first Iraq War, 1991 - a revolution dawns?; 4. The Iraq interregnum, 1991–2000; 5. Afghanistan and the second Iraq War, 2001–3 - a revolution confirmed?; 6. The third Iraq War, 2003–? - a revolution denied?; Conclusion: the future of America's military revolution.
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Cambridge University Press Slavery Race and Conquest in the Tropics
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Cambridge University Press The Splintering of Spain
Book SynopsisThis 2005 book explores the ideas and culture surrounding the Spanish Civil War. Leading historians offer new interpretations of the civil war and argue that it reflected the cultural cleavages in 1930s society rather than a single great conflict between two easily identifiable sets of ideas, classes or ways of life.Trade Review"The anthology sheds light on important aspects of modern Spanish history that have until now received little attention, and the analyses of its contributors are often interesting and astute. It thus has much to offer historians of modern Spain and of civilian wartime culture and ideologies." -Geoffrey Jensen, Virginia Military Institute, The Journal of Military History"...a very useful collection for specialists." --Nathanael Greene, Wesleyan University, History: Review of New BooksTable of Contents1. History, memory and the Spanish civil war: recent perspectives Chris Ealham and Michael Richards; Part I. Overviews: Violence, Nationalism and Religion: 2. The symbolism of violence during the Second Republic in Spain, 1931–1936 Eduardo Gonzalez Calleja; 3. Nations in arms against the invader: on nationalism discourses during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–9 Xose-Manoel Núnez Seixas; 4. 'The keys of the Kingdom': religious violence in the Spanish Civil War, July–August 1936 Mary Vincent; Part II. Republican Political and Cultural Projects: 5. Catalan populism in the Spanish civil war Enric Ucelay- Da Cal; 6. The myth of the maddened crowd: class, culture and space in the revolutionary project in Barcelona 1936–37 Chris Ealham; 7. The culture of empowering in Gijón, 1936–37 Pamela Radcliff; Part III. Identities on the Francoist Side: 8. Old symbols, new meanings: mobilising the rebellion in the summer of 1936 Rafael Cruz Martinez; 9. 'Spain's Vendee': Carlist identity in Navarre as a mobilising model Francisco Javier Caspistegui; 10. 'Presenting arms to the Blessed Sacrament': civil war and Semana Santa in the city of Málaga, 1936–39 Michael Richards.
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Cambridge University Press War and Memory in Lebanon
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Cambridge University Press Conflict and Compromise
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Cambridge University Press The Congressmans Civil War
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Cambridge University Press The Congressmans Civil War Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History
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Cambridge University Press Toward a Social History of the American Civil War
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Cambridge University Press Victorian America and the Civil War
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Cambridge University Press The Impact of Napoleon Prussian High Politics Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive 17971806
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Cambridge University Press Victorian America and the Civil War
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