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Unexceptional: America's Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007: By O'Reilly, ...
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- ISBN
- 0739132024
- EAN
- 9780739132029
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Unexceptional : America's Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 19.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Unexceptional examines U.S. policy vis-^-vis the Persian Gulf since the Second World War. It asserts that the American experience in this strategic yet volatile region known for its plentiful oil and gas can be best understood as an unexceptional imperial endeavor similar in kind to that of the British and Ottoman empires of previous eras.
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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-10
0739132024
ISBN-13
9780739132029
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78029930
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Unexceptional : America's Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds326.O74 2008
Reviews
Marc J. O'Reilly has crafted a welcome addition to the current debate on the nature of U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf while also providing new insights into American Middle east policy since World War II....Unexceptional will be of interest to those concerned with the current debate on U.S. imperial status and those interested in examining the continuity between past U.S. actions in the Persian Gulf and the current Iraq war....O'Reilly's project succeeds....Ultimately, Unexceptional succeeds because the interpretive framework is both relevant to contemporary debates and a provider of new insights into past U.S. actions without being marred by presentism., Marc J. O' Reilly offers a thickly researched assessment of the evolution of the 'Persian Gulf Empire' of the United States since 1941 . . . The book offers a good starting point for a comprehensive assessment of US foreign policy towards the Gulf region., Unexceptional is, in fact, an exceptional book: comprehensive, judicious, readable, and above all, timely. Americans looking for the real story of how the United States blundered into Iraq should begin their inquiry here., The book has several notable strengths....The research is prodigious, and the scope is ambitious....O'Reilly should be commended for his panoramic and bold analysis of the region. We benefit from detailed, area studies work in the field of world politics....His study should inspire more works of this kind., Marc J. O'Reilly has crafted a welcome addition to the current debate on the nature of U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf while also providing new insights into American Middle east policy since World War II.... Unexceptional will be of interest to those concerned with the current debate on U.S. imperial status and those interested in examining the continuity between past U.S. actions in the Persian Gulf and the current Iraq war....O'Reilly's project succeeds....Ultimately, Unexceptional succeeds because the interpretive framework is both relevant to contemporary debates and a provider of new insights into past U.S. actions without being marred by presentism., Marc O'Reilly's exhaustively researched book is the first serious effort to review the development of American policy in the Persian Gulf from World War II to the occupation of Iraq. His conclusion--that the American efforts at empire building in the Gulf are not that different from those if its great power predecessors--is a welcome antidote to both the political rhetoric surrounding the Iraq issue and to the pervasive assumptions about American exceptionalism which continue to dominate most of our debates about American foreign policy., Marc O'Reilly's exhaustively researched book is the first serious effort to review the development of American policy in the Persian Gulf from World War II to the occupation of Iraq. His conclusion �that the American efforts at empire building in the Gulf are not that different from those if its great power predecessors �is a welcome antidote to both the political rhetoric surrounding the Iraq issue and to the pervasive assumptions about American exceptionalism which continue to dominate most of our debates about American foreign policy.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Table Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 1. Not So Innocents Abroad: America, the Persian Gulf, & Empire Chapter 5 2 Initiation: 1941-47 Chapter 6 3 Confrontations: 1948-58 Chapter 7 4 Assists and Reformulations: 1959-72 Chapter 8 5 Insults and Reorientations: 1973-89 Chapter 9 6 Victory and Quarantine: 1990-2000 Chapter 10 7 In Search of Monsters to Destroy: 2001-07 Chapter 11 8 Conclusion: An Unexceptional Empire Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index Chapter 14 About the Author
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
International Relations / General, Security (National & International)
Dewey Decimal
327.73053609/045
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Political Science
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