Wars on Terrorism and Iraq
Title | Wars on Terrorism and Iraq PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas George Weiss |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Human rights |
ISBN | 0415700620 |
Wars on Terrorism and Iraq provides a timely and critical analysis of the impact of the wars on terrorism and Iraq on human rights particularly internationally, as well as related tensions in U.S. foreign policy.
Global Terrorism After the Iraq War
Title | Global Terrorism After the Iraq War PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Iraq War, 2003- |
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Defeating Terrorism/developing Dreams
Title | Defeating Terrorism/developing Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur B. Shostak |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Iraq War, 2003- |
ISBN | 0791079589 |
Traces the history and current situation of relations between the United States and the Middle East, discussing the attacks of September 11 and the Iraq wars.
Winning Modern Wars
Title | Winning Modern Wars PDF eBook |
Author | Wesley Clark |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2003-10-16 |
Genre | History |
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Discusses America's involvement in Iraq, including the risks, triumphs, and repercussions, and offers alternatives to future dealings with Iraq and the War on Terrorism.
War on Terror
Title | War on Terror PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Barry Satloff |
Publisher | |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
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The attacks of September 11 were transformative events, both in how Americans view their own sense of security and in how America engages with the world. Although the initial battle in the U.S.-led war against terror has been fought in central and south Asia, the principles behind that campaign have special resonance in the Middle East. This region is home to organizations which share both ideology and methodology with the perpetrators of the September 11 terrorist attacks. In addition, many aspects of the threat to U.S. interests are particular to the region: the frightening spread of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery; the ongoing challenge to the international system posed by Iraq; and, perhaps most of all, the reluctance that many U.S. allies in the region exhibit to confront their own religious militants. In this volume, key U.S. and Middle East decision makers, academics, and journalists discuss important themes such as the common interests of regional states in cooperating against terrorism, the different strategies adopted by regimes in confronting their Islamist challenges, the impact of September 11 events on the Israeli-Palestinian arena, the problems and prospects of maintaining the antiterror coalition, and the role of democracy as an antidote to the regions ills.
Winning the War of Words
Title | Winning the War of Words PDF eBook |
Author | Wojtek Mackiewicz Wolfe |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 153 |
Release | 2008-01-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0313349681 |
Throughout history and especially during contemporary times, presidential rhetoric sets the foreign policy tone not only for Congress but mainly for the American public. Consequently, US foreign policy is actively marketed and spun to the American public. This book describes the marketing strategy of the War on Terror and how that strategy compelled public opinion towards supporting the spread of the War on Terror from Afghanistan to Iraq. The author investigates how President George W. Bush's initial framing of the September 11th attacks provided the platform for the creation of long term public support for the War on Terror and established early public support for U.S. action in Iraq. Mining public opinion data and nearly 1500 presidential speeches over a four year period, the book argues that presidential framing of threats and losses, not gains, contributed to public support for war in Afghanistan, war in Iraq, and President Bush's successful reelection campaign. President Bush's initial framing of the terrorist threat was introduced immediately after the September 11th attacks and reinforced throughout the Afghanistan invasion. During this time period, presidential threat framing established the broad parameters for the War on Terror and enabled the president to successfully market a punitive war in Afghanistan. Second, the president marketed the strategy of preemptive war and led the country into the more costly war in Iraq by focusing on the potentially global threat of terrorism and the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. President Bush's previous war rhetoric was repackaged into a leaner, more focused format in which the Iraq war became part of the War on Terror, resulting in increased support for the president and a successful reelection campaign. Finally, the author examines the withdraw vs. surge in Iraq debate bringing the book up to date. The book shows the influencing potential of presidential spin and of risky foreign policy in the Middle East, and presents a systematic analysis of how a president effectively pursued a marketing strategy that continues to show an enduring ability to influence public support. Even two years after the Iraq invasion, 52% of Americans believed that the U.S. should stay in Iraq until it is stabilized. This finding bypasses agenda setting explanations, which prescribes issue salience amongst the public for only one year. The large speech database available with the study will also be an added benefit to scholars seeking to teach undergraduate and graduate level qualitative research methods.
Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War
Title | Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Wishnick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Asia, Central |
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