イラク戦争終局のフレーム化 Framing the Iraq War Endgame : War's Denouement in an Age of Terror

King, Erika G./ Wells, Robert A.

Palgrave Macmillan（2009/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 278 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780230608986
• DDC分類 956.70443

基本説明

This book traces the evolution of political and media discourse on the Iraq war endgame over the roughly 28-month period from late fall 2005 to spring 2008.

Full Description

The Bush administration was remarkably successful in dominating the debate over why we had to go to war with Iraq, but it would soon be faced with the more daunting task of winning the monumental rhetorical struggle over how to write the script of the Iraq War endgame. We examine the twists and turns of the discursive battle over the war's denouement as it played out against the backdrop of the war on terror, and we conclude that while Bush failed to win the argument that Iraq was one with our fight against terrorism, his underlying worldview that we must confront terrorist evil through global military engagement remains an important component of Obama adminstration rhetoric.

Contents

Introduction Constructing the Endgame Narrative for a Different Kind of War Dominating the Public War Discourse Challenging Bush's Why We Fight Narrative Sounding an Official Warning Bell on Mounting Terrorism and Civil War Crafting reactions to the Midterm Elections and the Iraq Study Group Report Interpreting the Consequences of the Troop Surge Spinning and Debating the Petraeus/Crocker Report Bush's Endgame Narrative Conclusion