The clash of historical analogies and their influence on decision-making: the case of Iraqi reconstruction under George W. Bush/ Karine Prẻmont, et.al
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Diplomacy & Statecraft Vol 29 No 2, June 2018, pp.298-327 (115)Summary: Contrary to the conventional wisdom in the literature on United States foreign policy, there was no consensus within the George W. Bush Administration on the parallel between the reconstruction of Iraq and that of post-Second World War Germany and Japan. Systematic analysis of available sources shows that the decision-makers drew a large number of different historical analogies-73 in all. This analysis takes a fresh look at the use of analogies regarding Iraqi reconstruction. We divide the period of April 2003 to June 2008 into four phases, in each of which a different analogy predominates-Afghanistan, Germany and Japan, the Cold War, and Vietnam. Analysis of the analogies embraced by five distinct groups within the Administration's decision-making team-nationalist hawks, neoconservatives, administrators of Iraq, realist internationalists and the president-clarifies the affinities and tensions amongst them.
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Contrary to the conventional wisdom in the literature on United States foreign policy, there was no consensus within the George W. Bush Administration on the parallel between the reconstruction of Iraq and that of post-Second World War Germany and Japan. Systematic analysis of available sources shows that the decision-makers drew a large number of different historical analogies-73 in all. This analysis takes a fresh look at the use of analogies regarding Iraqi reconstruction. We divide the period of April 2003 to June 2008 into four phases, in each of which a different analogy predominates-Afghanistan, Germany and Japan, the Cold War, and Vietnam. Analysis of the analogies embraced by five distinct groups within the Administration's decision-making team-nationalist hawks, neoconservatives, administrators of Iraq, realist internationalists and the president-clarifies the affinities and tensions amongst them.
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