Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War: The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism

by Anna Hanson, Joshua Kaiser, John Hagan

Book Overview

From the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107507014
• ISBN13: 9781107507012
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"