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Death, Dominance, and State-Building: The US in Iraq and the Future of American Military Intervention

Roger Petersen

Culture, humanities & social science

Death, Dominance, and State-Building: The US in Iraq and the Future of American Military Intervention

By Roger Petersen, the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science

Oxford University Press · 2024

"Death, Dominance, and State-Building" provides the first comprehensive analytic history of post-invasion Iraq. Although the war is almost universally derided as one of the biggest foreign policy blunders of the post-Cold War era, Petersen argues that the course and conduct of the conflict is poorly understood. The book applies an accessible framework to a variety of case studies across time and region. It concludes by drawing lessons relevant to future American military interventions.

From Summer 2024 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.