Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-340) and index.
The Iraq war of 2003 : unfolding and unfinished / Rick Fawn - Key global actors. The United States : belligerent hegemon / Stephen Zunes -- The United Kingdom : fateful decision / Rosemary Hollis -- France : defender of international legitimacy / Jolyon Howorth - Germany : solidarity without adventures / Graham Timmins - Russia : diminished power / Stephen White - Central and Eastern Europe : independent actors or supplicant states? / Rick Fawn - Japan : bandwagoning "lopsided power" / Yukiko Miyagi - Canada : outside the Anglo - American fold / Rick Fawn - Key regional actors. Syria : defying the hegemon / Raymond Hinnebusch - Jordan : appeasing the hegemon / Neil Quilliam - Saudi Arabia : the challenge of the US invasion of Iraq / Madawi al-Rasheed - The Palestinians : finding no freedom in liberation / Rex Brynen and David Romano - Iran : wary neutral / Eric Hooglund - Israel : major beneficiary / Clive Jones - Turkey : recalcitrant ally / Gareth Winrow - Context and consequences. War and resistance in Iraq : from regime change to collapsed state / Toby Dodge - From sanctions to occupation : The US impact on Iraq / John Gee - Islamic militancy / Henry Munson - Oil and the global economy / Atif Kubursi - The role of the United Nations / Ian Williams - The role of international law and ethics / Anthony F. Lang, Jr. - Theoretical implications. Hegemonic stability theory reconsidered : implications of the Iraq war / Raymond Hinnebusch - Lessons of the Iraq war / Raymond Hinnebusch and Rick Fawn.