David M. Malone

The International Struggle Over Iraq

Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005

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Produktbeschreibung

Iraq has dominated headlines in recent years, but its controversial role in international affairs goes back much further. Drawing on unparalleled access to UN insiders, this book is key to understanding one of the most persistent crises in international affairs and the various roles the world's central peace-making forum has played in it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780199238682
• ISBN-10: 0199238685
• Artikelnr.: 23089884

Autorenporträt

David M. Malone, a former Canadian ambassador to the UN, is today Canada's High Commissioner in India. From 1998 to 2004 he served as President of the International Peace Academy in New York. A scholar of the political economy of violent conflict and of US foreign policy, he is the author of numerous books and articles.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: Cold War Peacemaker: Brokering Peace in the Iran-Iraq War
* 3: New World Order Policeman: Responding to Iraqi Aggression against
Kuwait
* 4: Creeping Unilateralism: Humanitarian Interventions and No-Fly
Zones
* 5: Sanctions Enforcer: Economic Sanctions and the Oil-for-Food
Programme
* 6: Weapons Inspector: UNSCOM, UNMOVIC, and the Disarming of Iraq
* 7: Sidelined: From 9/11 to 19 August 2003
* 8: Crisis of Confidence: Annus Horribilis and a "Vital" Role
* 9: Conclusions: Serious Consequences: How Twenty-Five Years of
Involvement with Iraq has Changed the Security Council
* Annex A List of Security Council Resolutions on Iraq, 1980-2005
* Annex B Chronology of Major Events in Iraqi and Security Council
History
* Bibliography