Suffering men of empire: Human security and the war on Iraq

Cultural Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-166

  Youssef, Maisaa ^a  

^a NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agamben; Biopolitics; Empire; Human security; Humanitarian war; Iraq

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; REGIONAL SECURITY; WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 51649083865     PISSN: 09213740     EISSN: 14617048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0921374008094286     Document Type: Article

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