The Iraq War and democratic politics / edited by Alex Danchev and John MacMillan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Iraq War and democratic politics / John MacMillan -- The global setting : US foreign policy and the future of the Middle East / Richard Falk -- Bush's war : the Iraq conflict and American democracy / John Dumbrell -- The neo-cons : neo-conservative thinking since the onset of the Iraq War / Dan Plesch -- The United Kingdom / Dan Keohane -- The European dimension / John Vogler -- Turkey : democratic legitimacy / Christopher Brewin -- 'It seemed the best thing to be up and go' : on the legal case for invading Iraq / Patrick Thornberry -- The transition to democracy in Iraq : historical legacies / Gareth Stansfield -- The Democratic transition in Iraq and the discovery of its limitations / Glen Rangwala -- Iraq : political reconstruction and liberal theory / John Horton and Yoke-Lian Lee -- Afghanistan and Iraq : failed states or democracy on hold? / Iftikhar H. Malik -- The Iraq body Count Project : civil society and democratic deficit / John Sloboda -- Story development, or, Walter Mitty the Undefeated / Alex Danchev.