Publisher: Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN: 1469-9044|33|2|189-203
ISSN: 0260-2105
Source: Review of International Studies, Vol.33, Iss.2, 2007-04, pp. : 189-203
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Abstract
This article examines Tony Blair’s policy and posture on Iraq through the prism of the special relationship in which he was reared. At the same time, it examines his policy and posture on the special relationship through the prism of Iraq. In this context it proposes a Vietnam analogy of a kind, with reference to Blair’s white-hot predecessor Harold Wilson: a curious affinity of fate – disenchantment, disgrace, and moral ruination.
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