Frustrated Empire: US Foreign Policy, 9/11 To Iraq

by David Ryan

Book Overview

Examining the broad contexts of US foreign policy and the lingering aftermath of the Vietnam War, David Ryan argues that these events created an opportunistic framing of 9/11, paving the way for the long-held neo-conservative desire for regime change and war in Iraq. He examines the construction of the cultural framework for war following 9/11, the legitimacy of military force in Afghanistan, the rise of anti-Americanism, within the broader contexts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745323898
• ISBN13: 9780745323893
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"