America and Iraq : policy-making, intervention and regional politics / edited by David Ryan and Patrick Kiely.

"First published in 2009. First issued in paperback ed 2010

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-259) and index.

1. Eisenhower and Regime Change in Iraq: The United States and the Iraqi Revolution of 1958 Kenneth Osgood -- 2. Through Distorted Lenses: Iraq and Balance of Power Politics 1969-1979 Patrick Kiely -- 3. From the {u2018}Tilt{u2019} to the Unintended {u2018}Transformation{u2019}: The United States and Iraq, 1975 {u2013} 1992 David Ryan -- 4. Lost in the Desert:Lawrence and the Theory and Practice of Counterinsurgency Marilyn B. Young -- 5. Grand Ambitions and Far-reaching Failures: The United States in Iraq Toby Dodge -- 6. The Geoeconomic Pivot of the Global War on Terror: US Central Command and the War in Iraq John Morrissey -- 7. What Would Jesus Do? Evangelicals, the Iraq War, and the Struggle for Position Melani McAlister -- 8. Against Everyone and No-one: The Failure of the Unipolar in Iraq and Beyond Scott Lucas and Maria Ryan -- 9. George W. Bush, American Exceptionalism and the Iraq War Trevor B. McCrisken -- 10. The Middle East and the Persian Gulf as the Gateway to Imperial Crisis: The Bush Administration in Iraq Cary Fraser -- 11. The Imperial Presidency Redux: Presidential Power and the War in Iraq Jon Roper -- 12. Securing the State: The US and Post-War Iraqi Border Security Dynamics James Denselow. Bibliography

This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict. Using a range of innovative methods to interrogate US foreign policy, ideology and culture, the book provides a broad set of reflections on past, present and future implications of US-Iraqi relations, and especially the strategic implications for US policy-making. In doing so, it examines several key aspects of relationship such as: the 1958 Iraqi Revolution; the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War; the impact of the Nixon Doctrine on the regional balance of power; US attempts at rapprochement during the 1980s; the 1990-91 Gulf War; and, finally, sanctions and inspections. Analysis of the contemporary Iraq crisis sets US plans against the {u2018}reality{u2019} they faced in the country, and explores both attempts to bring security to Iraq, and the implications of failure.