From the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni. The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 withdrawal. Examining more than a decade of evidence, this book makes a powerful case that the American war in Iraq constituted a criminal war of aggression.
| ISBN: | 9781107104532 |
| Publication date: | 9th June 2015 |
| Author: | John Northwestern University, Illinois Hagan, Joshua Northwestern University, Illinois Kaiser, Anna Northwestern U Hanson |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Law and Society |
| Genres: |
Public international law: humanitarian law |
From the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni. The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 withdrawal. Examining more than a decade of evidence, this book makes a powerful case that the American war in Iraq constituted a criminal war of aggression.
Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War features in the following genres: Public international law: humanitarian law
Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War is available in Hardback, Paperback
Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War was written by John Northwestern University, Illinois Hagan, Joshua Northwestern University, Illinois Kaiser, Anna Northwestern U Hanson and published by Cambridge University Press
Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War has 266 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Law and Society series