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

Criminal Law

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

Edited by John Hagan · Joshua Kaiser · Anna Hanson
Cambridge University Press July 2015

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ISBN-13
9781107104532
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
July 2015
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Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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 the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni.

The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 withdrawal. Examining more than a decade of evidence, this book makes a powerful case that the American war in Iraq constituted a criminal war of aggression.

Table of Contents

Prologue
1. The reign of terror
2. A shadow of hope
3. Judging torture in Iraq
4. Night falls on Baghdad
5. The separate peace of the Shia
6. Legal cynicism and Sunni militancy
Epilogue.
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