Framing the Iraq War endgame [electronic resource] : war's denouement in an age of terror / Erika G. King and Robert A. Wells.
The Bush administration was remarkably successful in dominating the debate over why we had to go to war with Iraq, but it would soon be faced with the more daunting task of winning the monumental rhetorical struggle over how to write the script of the Iraq War endgame. We examine the twists and turn...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The Bush administration was remarkably successful in dominating the debate over why we had to go to war with Iraq, but it would soon be faced with the more daunting task of winning the monumental rhetorical struggle over how to write the script of the Iraq War endgame. We examine the twists and turns of the discursive battle over the war's denouement as it played out against the backdrop of the war on terror, and we conclude that while Bush failed to win the argument that Iraq was one with our fight against terrorism, his underlying worldview that we must confront terrorist evil through global military engagement remains an important component of Obama adminstration rhetoric. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (278 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230100756 0230100759 9781349375769 1349375764 1282664514 9781282664517 9786612664519 6612664517 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |