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Lafeber, Evert (2020)

Persistent Commitment to a Unitary Iraq in American Foreign Policy Until 2009: Wishful Thinking and Strategic Assumptions

Master thesis | Middle Eastern Studies (MA)

This thesis deals with the territorial integrity of Iraq within American foreign policy, and argues that American support of Iraq's territorial integrity hinges on strategic assumptions and wishful thinking. By reviewing the history of American foreign policy in regards to the territorial integrity of Iraq, and zooming in on the policies of the Clinton and Bush W. Bush administrations, this thesis explains how the idea of a unitary Iraq has become so persistent within American foreign policy.

Iraq US Foreign Policy

Author

Lafeber, Evert

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Modern Middle Eastern Studies

Supervisors

Schonmann, Noa

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en