The Iraq War and Democratic Governance: Britain and Australia Go to War

by Mark Phythian and Judith Betts

Book Overview

This book examines the decisions by Tony Blair and John Howard to take their nations into the 2003 Iraq War, and the questions these decisions raise about democratic governance. It also explores the significance of the US alliance in UK and Australian decision-making, and the process for taking a nation to war. Relying on primary government documents and interviews, and bringing together various strands of literature that have so far been discussed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030503216
• ISBN13: 9783030503215
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"