Coming face to face with bloody reality: Liberal common sense and the ideological failure of the Bush doctrine in Iraq

International Politics

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 253-275

  Dodge, Toby ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CIVIL WAR; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549112006     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ip.2008.41     Document Type: Article

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