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Author Lee, Peter

Title Blair's just war : Iraq and the illusion of morality / Peter Lee
Published Basingstoke, Hampshire [U.K.] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Blair and Just Intervention -- Are€We Sure of Our Case? -- Views from the Academy -- Authority, Legitimacy and War -- Regime Change -- Confronting Tyranny -- Protecting the Weak -- Fighting the Fight -- Reflections
Summary Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraqinvasion because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their historical context and applied in a global political system where they no longer hold sway
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index
Notes English
Subject Blair, Tony, 1953-
SUBJECT Blair, Tony, 1953- fast
Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Moral and ethical aspects
Just war doctrine.
International relations -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- Iraq -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
Peace studies & conflict resolution -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- Iraq -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
Iraq War -- c 2000 to c 2010 -- Iraq -- United Kingdom, Great Britain.
HISTORY -- Military -- Iraq War (2003- )
Politics and Government.
Ethics
Just war doctrine
Iraq
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230356443
0230356443