Soft Power in Foreign Policy: The U.S. and the Wars Against Iraq in 1991 and 2003 - Couverture souple

Reinold, Theresa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3836464039 ISBN 13 : 9783836464031

Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2008

Synopsis

In the discipline of International Relations, "power" has long been equated with military or economic strength. In this book I argue that we need a somewhat broader and more differentiated notion of power that helps us understand how states exert influences over outcomes in international relations. Although the notion of "soft power" pops up in many recent works on U.S. foreign policy, no one has so far undertook a systematic study on the workings of this type of power. By applying this concept empirically to the wars against Iraq in 1991 and 2003 I will show that soft power is not only interesting as an analytical construct but that it is indeed relevant for the conduct of foreign policy. Many commentators have puzzled over why a state as "powerful" as the United States was unable to achieve its preferred outcome in the 2003 Iraq war. This book proposes an answer.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. In the discipline of International Relations, "power" has long been equated with military or economic strength. In this book I argue that we need a somewhat broader and more differentiated notion of power that helps us understand how states exert influences over outcomes in international relations. Although the notion of "soft power" pops up in many recent works on U.S. foreign policy, no one has so far undertook a systematic study on the workings of this type of power. By applying this concept empirically to the wars against Iraq in 1991 and 2003 I will show that soft power is not only interesting as an analytical construct but that it is indeed relevant for the conduct of foreign policy. Many commentators have puzzled over why a state as "powerful" as the United States was unable to achieve its preferred outcome in the 2003 Iraq war. This book proposes an answer.

Biographie de l'auteur

geboren am 31.10.1979, hat in Deutschland (FU Berlin) und den USA (University of Pennsylvania) Politikwissenschaft studiert. Seit 2005 promoviert sie an der FU Berlin zum Thema "Constructing Sovereignty as Responsibility: On the Power of Norms and the Norms of the Powerful." Derzeit ist sie Visiting Fellow in Yale.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836464039
• ISBN 13: 9783836464031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible