Syria and the Chemical Weapons Taboo : Exploiting the Forbidden
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
ISBN-10
1526104725
ISBN-13
9781526104724
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 25th, 2016
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
322 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 15.50 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
International relationsChemical & biological weaponsChemical and biological weapons
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Focusing on the Syria crisis, this book challenges the arguments in favour of the chemical weapons taboo, demonstrating how it can exacerbate a conflict. -- .
This book analyses the Syria crisis and the role of chemical weapons in relation to US foreign policy. The Syrian government's use of such weapons and their subsequent elimination has dominated the US response to the conflict, where these are viewed as particularly horrific arms - a repulsion known as the chemical taboo. On the surface, this would seem to be an appropriate reaction: these are nasty weapons and eradicating them would ostensibly comprise a 'good' move. But this book reveals two new aspects of the taboo that challenge this prevailing view. First, actors use the taboo strategically to advance their own self-interested policy objectives. Second, that applying the taboo to Syria has actually exacerbated the crisis. As such, this book not only provides a timely analysis of Syria, but also a major and original rethink of the chemical taboo, as well as international norms more widely. -- .
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