Iraq against the world : Saddam, America, and the post-Cold War order / Samuel Helfont.
By: Helfont, Samuel [author.]
.Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197530184.Subject(s): Iraq -- Foreign relations -- 1991- | Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1991-2003 | United Nations. Security Council | International cooperation | Balance of power | Politics and Government | Politics & governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197530153DDC classification: 327.567009049 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: The move away from post-Cold War unipolarity and the rise of revisionist states like Russia and China pose a rapidly escalating and confounding threat for the liberal international order. In 'Iraq against the World', Samuel Helfont offers a narrative of Iraqi foreign policy after the 1991 Gulf War to argue that Saddam Hussein executed a political warfare campaign that facilitated this disturbance to global norms. Drawing on internal files from the ruling Ba'ath Party, Helfont highlights previously unknown Iraqi foreign policy strategies, including the prominent use of influence operations and manipulative statesmanship.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The move away from post-Cold War unipolarity and the rise of revisionist states like Russia and China pose a rapidly escalating and confounding threat for the liberal international order. In 'Iraq against the World', Samuel Helfont offers a narrative of Iraqi foreign policy after the 1991 Gulf War to argue that Saddam Hussein executed a political warfare campaign that facilitated this disturbance to global norms. Drawing on internal files from the ruling Ba'ath Party, Helfont highlights previously unknown Iraqi foreign policy strategies, including the prominent use of influence operations and manipulative statesmanship.
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