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The Blair identity

Leadership and foreign policy

By Stephen Dyson

The Blair identity
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  • Price: £85.00
  • ISBN: 9780719079993
  • Publish Date: Jul 2009
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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  • Price: £85.00
  • ISBN: 9781847797513
  • Publish Date: Jul 2013
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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    • Format: eBook
    • Published Date: July 2013

    Description

    Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style-the Blair identity-manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due to his black-and-white framing of the world, his overwhelming confidence that he could shape events, and his tightly-held, presidential style of government. This new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policy question in the House of Commons during his decade in power in order to develop a portrait of the prime minister as decision maker. Drawing upon original interviews with major political, diplomatic and military figures at the top of British politics, the book reconstructs Blair's wars, tracing his personal influence on British foreign policy and international politics during his tumultuous tenure.

    Contents

    1. Blair's wars 2. Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: A theory of foreign policy 3. Tony Blair's worldview and leadership style 4. The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions 5. September 11th and the war on terror 6. Iraq - Blair's war 7. Postwar Iraq 8. The Blair balance sheet Index

    Author

    Stephen Benedict Dyson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut

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