The British road to war

Blair, Bush and the decision to invade Iraq

Bibliographic Data

ID3671939
AuthorsChristoph Bluth (University of Leeds, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume80
Issue5
Pages871-892
Publication date2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2346.2004.00423.x
OpenAlexW2088881112
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited9

The British decision to go to war against Iraq with the United States has been widely criticized for being based on inaccurate and exaggerated assessments of the threat posed by Iraq. This article shows that the case for military action made by the British government was based on a measured analysis of the threat, on the conviction that the continued containment of Iraq through sanctions was not effective or morally acceptable, and that the human rights violations of the Iraqi regime were of a such a scale that they could no longer be tolerated. The article then assesses the judgements of the British government in the light of the information that has come to light since the war against Iraq in 2003

Action (physics) · Conviction · Criminology · Economic sanctions · Government (linguistics) · Iraq war · Political science · Sanctions · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Military and Defense Studies

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