Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East / Louise Kettle.
Learning from history helps states to create foreign and security policy that builds upon successes and avoids past mistakes. Louise Kettle's insightful analysis - drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with gover...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | JSTOR Open Access |
| Summary: | Learning from history helps states to create foreign and security policy that builds upon successes and avoids past mistakes. Louise Kettle's insightful analysis - drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with government and intelligence agency officials - questions whether the British government actually learns from history. This is achieved through an extended commentary on military interventions in the Middle East since the 1950s, including a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Whitehall decision-making and a critical examination of the 2016 Iraq Inquiry report. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-278) and index. |