Iraq, Terror, and the Philippines' Will to War

by James Tyner and James A. Tyner

Book Overview

After September 11, 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush put together a 'Coalition of the Willing.' From the very beginning this coalition included the Philippines, a willing participant in the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq and the larger War on Terror. This timely and persuasive book argues that the Philippines' recent foreign policy must be understood by considering three factors: the crucial role of overseas employment to the Philippine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742538613
• ISBN13: 9780742538610
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

little known aspects of the GWOT

James Tyner does a marvellous job of illuminating the Phillipines' role in the GWOT, its relationship with the USA and its hasty withdrawal after the Al Qaeda kidnapping of one its contract laborers. It is a topic that has really merited no scrutiny by most authors. The book offers, at least in this reader's view, insights between the Phillipine state role in the GWOT, its potential for economic gain and the Phillipine President's decision to withdraw basically on religious grounds! Recommended reading for those with a penchant for topics avoided by the mainstream - highly readable, impressively documented.