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  • Elite Theory and the 2003 Iraq Occupation by the United States

    How US Corporate Elites Created Iraq’s Political System

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    Series series Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
    This book locates US elites as members of corporate elite networks and drivers of corporate elite interests, arguing that studying the social sources of US power plays an important part in understanding the nature of their decisions in US foreign policy.Exploring the decisions taken by American elites on the Iraq War, the author argues that the decisions and agendas US elites pursued in Iraq were ... Read more

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    A compelling examination of American exceptionalism at a crossroadsThe idea of American exceptionalism claims that the United States has a superior character, special mission, and unique destiny. Often treated as a factual claim subject to empirical verification, this idea is better understood as a set of narrative themes that saturate thought and discourse about the United States' role in the ... Read more

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