Making The World Safe For Capitalism. How Iraq Threatened The US Economic Empire And Had To Be Destroyed

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 288 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Iraq war defined the first decade of the twenty-first century - leading to mass protests and raising profound questions about domestic politics and the use of military force. Yet most explanations of the war have a narrow focus either on political personalities or oil. Christopher Doran provides a unique perspective, arguing that the drive to war came from the threat Iraq might pose to American economic hegemony if the UN sanctions regime was ended. Doran argues that this hegemony is rooted in third world debt and corporate market access. It was protection of these arrangements that motivated US action, not Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction or a simplistic desire to seize its oil. This book will provide new insights on the war which still casts a shadow over global politics, and will have wide appeal to all those concerned about the Middle East, world peace and global development.

ISBN: 9780745332222