1st Edition
Elite Theory and the 2003 Iraq Occupation by the United States How US Corporate Elites Created Iraq’s Political System
By Bamo Nouri
Copyright 2022
270 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
270 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
270 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book locates US elites as members of corporate elite networks and drivers of corporate elite interests, arguing that studying the social sources of US power plays an important part in understanding the nature of their decisions in US foreign policy.
Exploring the decisions taken by American elites on the Iraq War, the author argues that the decisions and agendas US elites pursued in Iraq... Read more
Introduction
Chapter One: theories and methods
Chapter Two: Backgrounds, world-views, and networks in the George W. Bush elite
Chapter Three: US elite decision-making in the creation of Iraq’s 2005 constitution
Chapter Four: US elite decision-making in the privatisation of Iraq
Chapter Five: The legacy of US Democracy promotion in Iraq – Iraq’s elitist political system
Conclusion
Biography
Bamo Nouri is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of West London, an Honorary Research Fellow at City, University of London, an independent investigative journalist and writer with interests in American foreign policy and the international and domestic politics of the Middle East.
