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David Coates - Blair´s War - 9780745633596 - KEX0305434
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Blair´s War

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Description for Blair´s War Paperback. Tony Blair and George Bush may have won the war in Iraq, but they are losing the peace at home. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBQ; 3JM; HBJD1; HBJF1; HBLX; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306. Good copy
Tony Blair and George Bush may have won the war in Iraq, but they are losing the peace at home. How did Blair come to support the US-led invasion of Iraq? Why did he risk taking Britain into a conflict which so imperilled his premiership? Was he justified in doing so?

These are just some of the questions which David Coates and Joel Krieger seek to answer in Blair’s War – the most authoritative and complete record of the conflict to date. Written by two of the most experienced and perceptive observers of British politics and New Labour, the book ... Read more

With an exquisite sense of the unfolding drama and an eye for detail, the authors develop the arguments for and against the war and, with unerring fairness, test each argument against the record of what was known, what was suspected, and what was misrepresented. The book provides a unique perspective on this latest unsettling turn in the ‘special relationship’, and is essential reading for voters on both sides of the Atlantic, who must soon determine the political fates of both the President and Prime Minister.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745633596
SKU
KEX0305434
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About David Coates
David Coates is Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies at Wake Forest University, North Carolina. Joel Krieger is Norma Wilentz Hess Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College, Massachusetts.

Reviews for Blair´s War
"Coates and Krieger provide a careful analysis of why Blair was wrong to support the US war in Iraq. They conclude that he has severely undermined the efforts of the '97 government to act as a force for good in the world. But they do not stop there. They go on to outline how the UK could get back to ... Read more

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