The Blair identity Leadership and foreign policy.
Dyson, Stephen Benedict.
The Blair identity Leadership and foreign policy. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (174 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719079993; 9780719079993; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; 1 Blair's wars; 2 Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy; 3 Tony Blair's personality and leadership style; 4 The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions; 5 September 11 and the 'war on terror'; 6 Iraq -- Blair's war; 7 Postwar Iraq; 8 The Blair balance sheet; Index.
Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style - the Blair identity - manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due to his black-and-white framing of the world, his overwhelming confidence that he could shape events, and his tightly-held, presidential style of government. In this new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership, Dyson analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policy.
9781847792907
Blair, Tony, 1953- --Psychology.
Blair, Tony, 1953- --Political and social views.
Blair, Tony, 1953---Political and social views.
Blair, Tony, 1953---Psychology.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1997-
Political leadership.
Political leadership.
Electronic Books.
DA566 / .B535 2009
The Blair identity Leadership and foreign policy. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (174 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719079993; 9780719079993; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; 1 Blair's wars; 2 Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy; 3 Tony Blair's personality and leadership style; 4 The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions; 5 September 11 and the 'war on terror'; 6 Iraq -- Blair's war; 7 Postwar Iraq; 8 The Blair balance sheet; Index.
Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style - the Blair identity - manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due to his black-and-white framing of the world, his overwhelming confidence that he could shape events, and his tightly-held, presidential style of government. In this new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership, Dyson analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policy.
9781847792907
Blair, Tony, 1953- --Psychology.
Blair, Tony, 1953- --Political and social views.
Blair, Tony, 1953---Political and social views.
Blair, Tony, 1953---Psychology.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--1997-
Political leadership.
Political leadership.
Electronic Books.
DA566 / .B535 2009