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1 online resource (174 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
9780719079993; 9780719079993; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; 1 Blair's wars; 2 Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy; 3 Tony Blair's personality and leadership style; 4 The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions; 5 September 11 and the 'war on terror'; 6 Iraq -- Blair's war; 7 Postwar Iraq; 8 The Blair balance sheet; Index. |
| Summary |
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. In this new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership, Dyson analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Blair, Tony, 1953- -- Psychology.
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Blair, Tony, 1953- |
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Psychology. |
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Blair, Tony, 1953- -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Political leadership.
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Political leadership. |
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1997-
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Great Britain. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1997- |
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Since 1997 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dyson, Stephen Benedict. Blair identity : Leadership and foreign policy. Manchester : Manchester University Press, ©2009 9780719079993 |
| ISBN |
9781847792907 electronic book |
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1847792901 electronic book |
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9781781702178 electronic book |
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1781702179 electronic book |
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9780719079993 (hardback) |
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0719079993 (hardback) |
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