Channels of Power : The UN Security Council and U.S. Statecraft in Iraq /

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Thompson surveys U.S. Policy toward Iraq, starting with the Gulf War, continuing through the interwar years of sanctions and coercive disarmament, and concluding with the 2003 invasion and its long aftermath. He offers a framework for understanding why powerful states often work through internationa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Alexander, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vereinte Nationen > Sicherheitsrat
United Nations. > Security Council.
United Nations.
United Nations > Iraq.
United Nations. > Security Council > History.
Golfkrieg > 2003
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011.
Guerre du golfe Persique, 1991.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
USA
United States.
Iraq.
Irak > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > Irak.
Iraq > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Iraq.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The power of international organizations
  • Coercion, institutions, and information
  • The Security Council in the Gulf War, 1990-1991
  • Coercive disarmament : the interwar years
  • The Second Iraq War : down the UN path, 2002-2003
  • The Second Iraq War : bypassing the Security Council
  • Conclusion : How the Security Council matters.

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