Title Selling war and peace : Syria and the Anglosphere / Jack Holland

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Why Syria? -- Why the Old Anglosphere Coalition? -- Why Language? -- The Structure and Argument of the Book -- 1 The Syrian Civil War -- Introduction -- Democracy and Human Rights, 2011- -- Chemical Weapons, 2012- -- Islamic State, 2014- -- Proxy War, 2015- -- Conclusion -- 2 The Anglosphere -- Introduction -- The Old Anglosphere Coalition -- 'A Blood of the Body'? -- 'A Blood of the Mind' The English-Speaking Peoples -- The War on Terror and the Legacy of Iraq -- Conclusion -- 3 Selling War and Peace -- Introduction -- Language and Politics -- Persuading an Audience -- Linguistic Appeal -- Cognitive Framing -- Silencing Opponents -- Winning Arguments -- Conclusion -- 4 Democracy and Human Rights -- Introduction -- Libya and the Region -- Assad and the People -- Debate, Division and Cautious Support -- Conclusion -- 5 Chemical Weapons -- Introduction -- Red Lines and Rhetorical Entrapment -- Pontificating to Peace -- Debate, Division and Diplomacy -- Conclusion -- 6 Islamic State Introduction -- The Rise of Islamic State -- A New War on Terror -- Debate, Division and War -- Conclusion -- 7 Proxy War -- Introduction -- Russia, Assad and Proxy War -- Debate, Division and Political Transition -- Enter Donald Trump -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Language -- The Anglosphere -- Syria -- References -- Index Summary "This book explores the foreign policy of the world's foremost military coalition towards the world's principal crisis; it analyses the discursive war of position that has taken place across the Anglosphere, which helped to sell war and peace in Syria. In its first half, the book considers the domestic situation in Syria, the role and history of the Anglosphere, and the importance of language for foreign policy's possibility. In the second half, the book analyses the foreign policy debates that have taken place within the Anglosphere coalition - the US, UK and Australia - since the onset of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. This analysis is structured chronologically in four phases, as the Syrian crisis evolved from a battle for democracy and human rights (2011-), through chemical weapons concerns (2012-), and counter-terrorism (2014-), to proxy war (2015-). The book argues that Anglosphere foreign policy ultimately perpetuated the Syrian Civil War through the production of an ends-means gap. Assad, backed by Russia, was left to grind out a slow, decimating victory, while the Anglosphere fixated on Islamic State"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2020) Subject Diplomatic relations SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Syria Syria -- Foreign relations -- United States Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Syria Syria -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Australia -- Foreign relations -- Syria Syria -- Foreign relations -- Australia Syria -- Foreign relations -- 21st century Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320 Subject Australia Great Britain Syria United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019042011 ISBN 9781108774314 1108774318 1108489249 9781108489249 1108702171 9781108702171 9781108801645 1108801641

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